{"id":127864,"date":"2022-09-08T09:33:31","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T04:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=127864"},"modified":"2022-09-08T14:49:21","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T09:19:21","slug":"news-of-mysore-engineering-students-murder-viral-with-communal-spin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/news-of-mysore-engineering-students-murder-viral-with-communal-spin\/","title":{"rendered":"News of Mysore engineering student’s murder viral with communal spin"},"content":{"rendered":"

On September 2, Star of Mysore<\/a>, an evening newspaper from the city of Mysuru, reported that a 21-year-old engineering student, Apoorva Shetty, was found murdered in a private hotel on Hunsur Road in the city. As per the report, the victim was staying in the hotel with a man, believed to be her boyfriend, who allegedly killed her and then left the hotel alone. The report also mentions that the accused is a 28-year-old man called Ashik, who is allegedly a resident of Hinkal village.<\/p>\n

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Against this backdrop, Journalist Sagar Kumar of Sudarshan News tweeted<\/a> a photo collage of the victim and the accused, which were available in the news report, and wrote a caption in Hindi that read, “My Abdul is not like others”.<\/p>\n

His tweet implied that this was an interfaith relationship, as the accused had a Muslim-sounding name. Interfaith relationships between Hindu women and Muslim men are often termed “love jihad<\/a>“, a conspiracy theory according to which Muslim men are trained to trap Hindu women and convert them.<\/p>\n

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Twitter user @RituRathaur<\/a> shared the photo and wrote, “One thing is beyond my understanding, how does a well educated, nice looking Hindu girl fall for an ugly looking unemployed M guys?” This user’s caption also suggested that the accused was a Muslim.<\/p>\n

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Sharing the photo collage, Dr Syed Rizwan Ahmad<\/a>, who claims to be a political analyst, wrote, “My Abul is not like others’. Some may not be, but most of them are like that.”<\/p>\n

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Another Twitter handle, @HKupdate<\/a> also shared the collaged saying that another Hindu girl was murdered by her ‘ashique’.<\/p>\n

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The incident was also reported by Zee News<\/a>, Times of India Malayalam<\/a>, News18 Kannada<\/a>, TV Kannada<\/a> and Mathrubhumi<\/a>. Except for the ones in News18 Kannda and TV9 Kannada, the rest of the reports named the accused as Ashik. These reports also do not mention his caste or religion.<\/p>\n