{"id":154575,"date":"2023-04-30T20:14:31","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T14:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=154575"},"modified":"2024-07-12T13:25:41","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T07:55:41","slug":"media-misreport-viral-photo-of-grave-with-iron-grille-is-from-hyderabad-not-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/media-misreport-viral-photo-of-grave-with-iron-grille-is-from-hyderabad-not-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Viral photo of grave with iron grille is from Hyderabad, not Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

The image of a padlocked grave has been shared by an X (Twitter) user named Cillian (@CilComLFC)<\/a> with the claim that parents in Pakistan are putting padlocks on the graves of their dead daughters to prevent them from being dug up and raped.<\/p>\n

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In Pakistan, parents are now putting PADLOCKS on the graves of their dead daughters to prevent them from being dug up and raped.<\/p>\n

Western countries have to stop importing millions of men like this, who don\u2019t possess the intellectual capacity to understand that rape is wrong. pic.twitter.com\/mzrsfyi4zh<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Cillian (@CilComLFC) July 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The tweet has received 25 Lakh views and over 6,200 retweets.<\/p>\n

Viral in 2023 as well<\/h4>\n

The same photo and claim had gone viral in 2023 as well. In media reports and social media posts, it was being linked to rising necrophilia cases in Pakistan, with the claim that the image was an example of how mothers locked their daughters’ graves in Pakistan in order to prevent rape.<\/p>\n

ANI Digital tweeted the image with the above claim. In their article<\/a> titled ‘Pakistani parents lock daughters’ graves to avoid rape’, they cited a Daily Times article to report that parents in Pakistan guarded their dead daughters against rape by putting padlocks on their graves. The viral picture has been used in the ANI article with the caption, ‘Pakistani parents locking up graves of daughters to protect their dead bodies from getting raped’ and they have credited Twitter for the image. (Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Pakistani parents lock daughters’ graves to avoid rape<\/p>\n

Read @ANI Story | https:\/\/t.co\/2vbtYavyj5<\/a>#Pakistan<\/a> #necrophiliacases<\/a> #sexualharassment<\/a> #crime<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/1AndHMUXlZ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 ANI Digital (@ani_digital) April 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Several major news media outlets published ANI’s report from their syndicated feed, the Times of India<\/a> being one of them. TOI used the same image as ANI. (<\/span>Archive<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Pakistani parents lock daughters’ graves to avoid rape https:\/\/t.co\/YarziUwwWI<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The Times Of India (@timesofindia) April 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

NDTV<\/a> used the image in their report as well. This story, too, is from a syndicated feed which means that NDTV, too, cited the same Daily Times article as ANI. (Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Zee News published a video report where they used the same image. (Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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In a now-deleted article, Hindustan Times<\/a> reported this news with the same picture.<\/p>\n

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Other media outlets, including Mirror Now<\/a>, ThePrint<\/a>, India Today<\/a>, Wion<\/a>, IndiaTV<\/a>, Times Now<\/a>, DNA India<\/a>, OpIndia Hindi<\/a>, News24<\/a>, ABP News<\/a>, Amar Ujala<\/a>, News18<\/a>, Firstpost<\/a> and Jagran<\/a>, used the same image in their respective reports. Most of these stories were from the syndicated feed of ANI.<\/p>\n