{"id":12102,"date":"2018-05-02T20:38:40","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T15:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=12102"},"modified":"2018-05-02T20:38:40","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T15:08:40","slug":"april-round-up-misinformation-about-kathua-rape-floods-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/april-round-up-misinformation-about-kathua-rape-floods-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"April round up: Misinformation about Kathua rape floods social media"},"content":{"rendered":"

The month of April saw a flurry of fake news with regard to the Kathua rape and murder case and the Bharat bandh protests on April 2, apart from missteps by mainstream media organisations and attempts by elements on social media to further communal polarisation through provocative messages and photographs.<\/p>\n

1. Dainik Jagran’s front page splash contradicts post-mortem report of Kathua victim<\/strong><\/p>\n

No rape of the girl in Kathua, postmortem report only talks of injuries\u201d<\/em>\u00a0screamed the front page of the Hindi newspaper\u00a0Dainik Jagran\u00a0<\/em>on April 20. The article claimed that the post-mortem report of the Kathua incident made no mention of rape. It stated that there could be other reasons for the injuries that the victim suffered. The article was on the front page of Dainik Jagran editions in New Delhi, Agra, Allahabad, Amritsar, Aligarh, Kathua and Jammu among others.\u00a0Nai Dunia<\/a>, which is a part of the Dainik Jagran group also published this article.<\/p>\n

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Alt News had contacted Dr. Jaydip Sarkar<\/a> who is a forensic expert. He confirmed that the findings of the post-mortem report suggest:<\/p>\n

1. The injuries described in the report appear to be consistent with non-consenting\/forcible act in the sexual region of the victim.<\/p>\n

2. Post-mortem information must be seen in the context of all other facts of the case\u00a0(abduction, drugging of victim, homicide, confessions of accused etc.)<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0The information available based on the two post-mortem sheets suggest on balance of\u00a0probability that sexual assault has taken place<\/p>\n

This claim was negated by the J&K police. In a tweet<\/a>, the police clarified that it had been confirmed that the victim had been subjected to sexual assault.<\/p>\n

2. ShankhNaad spreads fake news about elderly woman attacked by muslims in Kerala<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cShocking: Elderly Hindu woman brutally attacked, idol and temple desecrated by Muslims in secular Kerala. Why is Bollywood silent? #***** #islam<\/em>\u201d. Serial communal rabble-rouser, Shankhnaad once again tried to polarize communities and target Kerala by spreading communally sensitive news on social media. In a second tweet he wrote \u201cJihadi attack on Hindus, Temple vandalism continue in Kerala during protest for *****. Worse fate awaits if Hindus continue with their ignorance and one-way secularism<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n

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The image circulated by these handles is a six-month old image that was\u00a0shared<\/a>\u00a0by a Bangladeshi Facebook page called Suptodisha in October 2017. According to the following Facebook post, the incident happened in Chittagong district in Bangladesh.<\/p>\n

The Bengali text accompanying the Facebook post can be translated as follows:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis woman is Panchabala Karmakar, resident of Jaldhi village, under Banskhali Police Station of Chittagong district. This poor and helpless woman was beaten up badly in a pre-planned attack by his influential neighbour Pradip Ghosh and his son Biswajit. Her situation is now precarious. There is now no one to take care of her or treat her. Kindly share this.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

3. Viral video claims one ‘Mohammed Ilyas’ arrested for Kathua incident<\/strong><\/p>\n

A video was circulated widely on social media, in which a person is seen handcuffed and escorted by policemen. The message along with this video claimed that a person called Mohammed Ilyas has been arrested and is one of the accused in the rape and murder of the 8-year old girl in Kathua, Jammu in January.<\/p>\n