{"id":120390,"date":"2022-06-16T16:37:34","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T11:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=120390"},"modified":"2022-06-16T16:37:34","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T11:07:34","slug":"kolkata-bangladesh-high-commission-constable-suicide-nupur-sharma-protest-false","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/kolkata-bangladesh-high-commission-constable-suicide-nupur-sharma-protest-false\/","title":{"rendered":"Cop kills self in Kolkata, video falsely linked to protest against Nupur Sharma"},"content":{"rendered":"

After now-suspended BJP spokesperson, Nupur Sharma made a controversial remark on Prophet Muhammad, members of the Muslim community across the country, including in Kolkata, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, protested against<\/a> the remark. Several reports stated that violence occurred in some of these protests.<\/p>\n

A video of a policeman lying dead on the road has been shared on social media against this backdrop. A rifle is lying next to his dead body, and a mob has surrounded him. It has been linked with the recent protests. A user named SS Nauhwar tweeted the video and claimed that the policeman was killed by a protesting mob in Kolkata. (Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Bhartiya Janata Party worker \u2018Pt. Varun Parashar\u2019 also tweeted this video with the same claim. (Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Facebook user Krishna Pandit<\/a> amplified the claim.<\/p>\n

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This video is viral on Facebook<\/a> and Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Alt News did a keyword search on Google to gather information related to the viral video. We found an NDTV report<\/a> dated June 10, 2022, about the video. Due to the depiction of violence in the video, it has been blurred. The report states that Chodup Lepcha, a policeman posted at the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata, had fired several rounds with his service rifle before shooting and killing himself.<\/p>\n