{"id":158279,"date":"2023-06-06T16:11:17","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T10:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=158279"},"modified":"2023-06-06T16:56:18","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T11:26:18","slug":"5-yr-old-video-of-boy-placing-stones-on-rail-tracks-viral-with-misleading-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/5-yr-old-video-of-boy-placing-stones-on-rail-tracks-viral-with-misleading-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"5-yr-old video of boy placing stones on rail tracks viral with misleading claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

A video of a minor boy being scolded by a few railway trackmen is being shared on social media. It is being said that the video was recently shot in Karnataka while some implied that the Muslim community was using children to cause train derailments.<\/p>\n

Arun Pudur (@arunpudur), who is subscribed to Twitter Blue, shared the above-mentioned video on June 5 with the caption: “\u26a0\ufe0f Shocking: Another #TrainAccident Averted. An underage boy was caught sabotaging the railway Track this time in #Karnataka. We have tens of thousands of Kms of railway tracks and forget adults now even kids are being used for sabotaging and causing deaths. This is a serious issue. Please look into this @AshwiniVaishnaw @RailMinIndia @RailwaySeva”. The tweet has received over 6 lakh views and has been retweeted over 4,000 times. (Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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\u26a0\ufe0f Shocking: Another #TrainAccident<\/a> Averted.<\/p>\n

An underage boy was caught sabotaging the railway Track this time in #Karnataka<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We have tens of thousands of Kms of railway tracks and forget adults now even kids are being used for sabotaging and causing deaths.<\/p>\n

This is a serious\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/URe9zW4NgG<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Arun Pudur (@arunpudur) June 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

User @SubbaRaoTN<\/a> also shared the same video in a Twitter thread the same day. The first tweet read: “This video is from Karnataka… Such kids are being used by the Jihadis to cause derailment…. #TrainAccident #TrainTragedy”. The tweet has received over 18,000 views and has been retweeted over 300 times. (Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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There seems to be a bigger gang operating on these sabotaging tasks….<\/p>\n

No wonder we see frequent stone PELTING on Vande Bharat EXPRESS trains… pic.twitter.com\/2Dxh8gMXDs<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Subba Rao\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\udd49\ufe0f (@SubbaRaoTN) June 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

After the video went viral on social media some news outlets also picked it up without adding any context to the matter. We came across reports from Times Now<\/a>, Amar Ujala<\/a>, Asianet News<\/a>, One India<\/a>, Odishatv.in<\/a>, News Karnataka<\/a>, Sambad English<\/a> which covered the matter. Deccan News<\/a> also tweeted about the video. (Archive 1<\/a>, 2<\/a>, 3<\/a>, 4<\/a>)<\/p>\n