{"id":126876,"date":"2022-08-31T13:39:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T08:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=126876"},"modified":"2022-08-31T18:22:28","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T12:52:28","slug":"news-outlets-leave-out-torture-accused-seema-patras-bjp-connect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/news-outlets-leave-out-torture-accused-seema-patras-bjp-connect\/","title":{"rendered":"News outlets leave out torture accused Seema Patra’s BJP connection in their tweets"},"content":{"rendered":"

A video of a tribal woman, who worked as a domestic help in Jharkhand, accusing<\/a> her employers of brutal torture and abuse has surfaced online. In the video, the victim, Sunita painstakingly recounts the details of the torture allegedly inflicted upon her by her employer, Seema Patra.<\/p>\n

As the videos went viral, several major news media outlets covered this story wherein they identified Patra as the “wife of an ex-IAS officer”. ANI tweeted, “Police team rescued a 29-yr-old woman working as a domestic help at the residence of an-ex IAS officer on Aug 22, after she was allegedly physically tortured by her employer.” (<\/span>Archived link<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ranchi, Jharkhand | Police team rescued a 29-yr-old woman working as a domestic help at the residence of an-ex IAS officer on Aug 22, after she was allegedly physically tortured by her employer. Case registered; probe on. The woman is currently undergoing medical treatment:Police<\/p>\n

\u2014 ANI (@ANI) August 30, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Pro-BJP propaganda outlet OpIndia tweeted their stories both in Hindi<\/a> and English<\/a>. The English caption reads, “Wife of Ex-IAS booked for torturing maid, a tribal woman, used to force her to clean toilet with tongue”, and the Hindi caption reads, “Domestic help tortured with a frying pan, thrashed with an iron rod, forced to clean faeces with her tongue: if the son objected, he was called ‘crazy’ and was sent to a mental hospital.” (Archived links- 1<\/a> and 2<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Times Now tweeted a clip of their coverage of this story with the hashtag #ShameSecularHypocrisy. The caption also identified the accused as the “wife of ex IAS officer”. In a subsequent tweet<\/a>, Times now used another hashtag #SorenMustResign while reporting on the incident. (Archived links- 1<\/a>, 2<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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#ShameSecularHypocrisy<\/a><\/p>\n

‘Abused’ Tribal worker rescued from former-IAS officers house in #Ranchi<\/a> | Assailant is #SeemaPatra<\/a>, wife of an ex IAS officer, son who defended the domestic worker was also locked up in a room: @BannaGupta76<\/a>
\n@MohitBhatt90<\/a> & @anchoramitaw<\/a> with details pic.twitter.com\/QCg2VNzxHq<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) August 30, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

DNA tweeted their report with the caption “Ex-IAS officer’s wife <\/span>#SeemaPatra<\/a><\/span> accused of torturing maid, her son shielded the victim”. (Archived link<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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#Ranchi<\/a> | Ex-IAS officer’s wife #SeemaPatra<\/a> accused of torturing maid, her son shielded the victimhttps:\/\/t.co\/PlyXawOhGG<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 DNA (@dna) August 30, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Dainik Bhaskar tweeted their story with the caption, “\u0930\u093f\u091f\u093e\u092f\u0930\u094d\u0921 IAS \u0915\u0940 \u092a\u0924\u094d\u0928\u0940 \u0928\u0947 8 \u0938\u093e\u0932 \u092c\u0902\u0927\u0915 \u0930\u0916\u093e: \u0926\u093f\u0935\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0902\u0917 \u092c\u094b\u0932\u0940- \u091c\u0940\u092d \u0938\u0947 \u092b\u0930\u094d\u0936 \u0938\u093e\u092b \u0915\u0930\u0935\u093e\u092f\u093e, \u092a\u0947\u0936\u093e\u092c \u092a\u093f\u0932\u093e\u0908; \u0938\u093e\u0932\u094b\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u0938\u0942\u0930\u091c \u0915\u0940 \u0930\u094b\u0936\u0928\u0940 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0926\u0947\u0916\u0940”. This caption, like the others, only decsribed Seema Patra as the wife of a retired IAS officer. (Archived link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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\u0930\u093f\u091f\u093e\u092f\u0930\u094d\u0921 IAS \u0915\u0940 \u092a\u0924\u094d\u0928\u0940 \u0928\u0947 8 \u0938\u093e\u0932 \u092c\u0902\u0927\u0915 \u0930\u0916\u093e: \u0926\u093f\u0935\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0902\u0917 \u092c\u094b\u0932\u0940- \u091c\u0940\u092d \u0938\u0947 \u092b\u0930\u094d\u0936 \u0938\u093e\u092b \u0915\u0930\u0935\u093e\u092f\u093e, \u092a\u0947\u0936\u093e\u092c \u092a\u093f\u0932\u093e\u0908; \u0938\u093e\u0932\u094b\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u0938\u0942\u0930\u091c \u0915\u0940 \u0930\u094b\u0936\u0928\u0940 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0926\u0947\u0916\u0940https:\/\/t.co\/Akzre8HZxv<\/a>#Ranchi<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/qGiD1raZUM<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Dainik Bhaskar (@DainikBhaskar) August 30, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Republic Bharat also identified Seema Patra as the wife of an IAS officer. (Archived link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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#ArrestSeemaPatra<\/a> | \u0939\u0948\u0935\u093e\u0928\u093f\u092f\u0924 \u092d\u0940 \u0936\u0930\u094d\u092e\u0938\u093e\u0930: IAS \u0905\u092b\u0938\u0930 \u0915\u0940 \u092c\u0940\u0935\u0940 \u0938\u0940\u092e\u093e \u092a\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0930\u093e \u0928\u0947 \u0932\u0921\u093c\u0915\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u092c\u0928\u093e\u092f\u093e \u092c\u0902\u0927\u0915, \u0924\u0935\u0947 \u0938\u0947 \u0926\u093e\u0917\u093e, \u091c\u0940\u092d \u0938\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u092b \u0915\u0930\u093e\u092f\u093e \u091f\u0949\u092f\u0932\u0947\u091fhttps:\/\/t.co\/QGmYYWmuLs<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 \u0930\u093f\u092a\u092c\u094d\u0932\u093f\u0915 \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 (@Republic_Bharat) August 30, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Analysing Seema Patra\u2019s social media<\/span><\/p>\n

Based on Seema Patra’s social media presence, it can be ascertained that Patra is a BJP worker. Her Facebook page<\/a> bio reads, “State Convener, Beti Bachao – Beti Padhao, BJP Jharkhand Member – National Working Committee, BJP MA” while her Twitter bio reads “Member National Working Committee M.morcha State Convenor, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, State In-charge Policy & Research”.<\/p>\n