{"id":104179,"date":"2021-09-30T15:17:12","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T09:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=104179"},"modified":"2021-09-30T15:17:12","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T09:47:12","slug":"fake-tweets-in-the-name-of-ias-topper-shubham-kumar-anti-muslim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-tweets-in-the-name-of-ias-topper-shubham-kumar-anti-muslim\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake account posts tweets against Muslims and women in UPSC topper Shubham Kumar’s name"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) released the results for the 2020 Civil Services Examination on September 24. Shubham Kumar from Bihar’s Katihar district secured the first rank. He was soon flooded with congratulatory messages and good wishes from all over the country. Meanwhile, some users also began sharing screenshots of a few tweets from a handle claimed to be run by Kumar. The handle made some inappropriate tweets targeting women and Muslims.<\/p>\n

Sharing screenshots of these tweets, a user wrote, “IAS topper Shubham is frustrated with women.” (Archived link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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A Facebook page called The Logical Muslims also amplified the screenshots and wrote, \u201cWhen such people secure the posts of DM and SDM, will they promote India\u2019s development or destruction?\u201d (Archived link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Another user posted one of the screenshots and wrote, \u201cYou can become whatever you want to become, but the poor people of the country are definitely going to bear the brunt of this sad mentality.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Similarly, numerous other Facebook pages<\/a> and users<\/a> also circulated screenshots of the alleged tweets.<\/p>\n