{"id":20623,"date":"2018-10-07T16:02:04","date_gmt":"2018-10-07T10:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=20623"},"modified":"2018-10-09T14:23:43","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T08:53:43","slug":"provocative-media-reports-fuel-communal-hatemongering-on-ankit-gargs-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/provocative-media-reports-fuel-communal-hatemongering-on-ankit-gargs-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Provocative media reports fuel communal hatemongering on Ankit Garg’s murder"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ankit Kumar Garg, a 31-year old teacher was shot dead on October 1 in Delhi. Soon after the incident, multiple news organisations reported that this was a case of honour killing. The basis of the reports was the accusation by the victim’s family that Ankit was killed by the family of the Muslim girl he was in a relationship with.<\/p>\n

How media reported the incident<\/strong><\/h3>\n

On October 2, Zee News<\/em> reported the incident<\/a> with the headline “\u0905\u0902\u0915\u093f\u0924 \u0915\u094b \u092a\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0940 \u0938\u091c\u093e \u092f\u093e \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0942 \u0939\u094b\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u0938\u091c\u093e ?” (Ankit punished for love or for being Hindu?- translated).\u00a0<\/em>The report asked if religion was the cause of the deaths of Ankit Garg and Ankit Saxena. It may be reiterated that in February 2018, 23-year old Ankit Saxena was killed<\/a> by the family of the girl he was in love with.<\/p>\n

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In fact, Zee News<\/em> went so far as to broadcast a prime time show with the hashtag #MurderParSecularSannata<\/em> and asked how many Ankits would be killed in the name of love, was the silence because his name was Ankit, and whether faith was bigger than love.<\/p>\n

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\u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092b\u093f\u0930 \u092e\u093e\u0930\u093e \u0917\u092f\u093e \u0905\u0902\u0915\u093f\u0924<\/p>\n

\u092e\u091c\u093c\u0939\u092c \u0915\u0947 \u0928\u093e\u092e \u092a\u0930 \u0915\u093f\u0924\u0928\u0947 \u0905\u0902\u0915\u093f\u0924 \u0915\u093e \u092e\u0930\u094d\u0921\u0930 ?<\/p>\n

\u0928\u093e\u092e \u0905\u0902\u0915\u093f\u0924, \u0907\u0938\u0932\u093f\u090f \u0939\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e \u092a\u0930 \u0938\u0928\u094d\u0928\u093e\u091f\u093e ?<\/p>\n

\u092e\u094b\u0939\u092c\u094d\u092c\u0924 \u0938\u0947 \u092c\u0921\u093c\u093e \u092e\u091c\u093c\u0939\u092c \u0939\u0948 ?#MurderParSecularSannata<\/a><\/p>\n

11 AM @ZeeNews<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/KhraNTxfzg<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Zee News Hindi (@ZeeNewsHindi) October 2, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

News18<\/em>‘s report of the incident<\/a> was titled “Delhi teacher shot dead over ‘relationship’ with Muslim student”.\u00a0<\/em>The report referred to ‘sources’ to state that the Muslim woman and the victim wanted to get married but the girl’s brother opposed the union since they both belonged to different religions. The hashtag used by the channel to report the incident was #BulletForLove.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Aaj Tak<\/em><\/a> too reported that Ankit was killed over a relationship with a Muslim girl. Another popular Hindi publication, Dainik Bhaskar<\/em><\/a> too reported that Ankit was killed by the brother of the girl he was in love with, who belonged to another community. Times Now Hindi<\/em><\/a> also reported on October 2 that Ankit was killed because he was in love with a Muslim girl. The report was titled, “\u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940: \u090f\u0915 \u0914\u0930 ‘\u0905\u0902\u0915\u093f\u0924’ \u0915\u094b \u0909\u0924\u093e\u0930\u093e \u092e\u094c\u0924 \u0915\u0947 \u0918\u093e\u091f, \u092e\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093f\u092e \u0932\u0921\u093c\u0915\u0940 \u0938\u0947 \u0915\u0930\u0924\u093e \u0925\u093e \u092a\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0930” (Delhi: One more Ankit killed, was in love with Muslim girl- translated). The Print<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>reported “Delhi tuition teacher shot dead for ‘affair’ with Muslim student”<\/em>. While the reportage by these news outlets did refer to the allegations made by the victim’s family, the presentation of the incident was misleading and provocative.<\/p>\n

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Dainik Bharat\u00a0<\/a><\/em>which is a fake news website was at its provocative best, reporting the incident with the title “\u092f\u0947 \u0939\u0948 \u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0942 \u0932\u095c\u0915\u093e \u0905\u0902\u0915\u093f\u0924 – \u092e\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093f\u092e \u0932\u095c\u0915\u0940 \u0938\u0947 \u0926\u094b\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0940 \u092a\u0930 \u0909\u0924\u093e\u0930 \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e \u092e\u094c\u0924 \u0915\u0947 \u0918\u093e\u091f , \u0928 \u092e\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0928 \u0915\u0947\u091c\u0930\u0940\u0935\u093e\u0932 ” (This is Hindu boy Ankit- killed for befriending a Muslim girl, no media no Kejriwal- translated).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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BBC & NDTV’s reports on the incident<\/strong><\/h3>\n

On the other hand, NDTV India<\/em>‘s report<\/a> was titled “\u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u090f\u0915 \u0914\u0930 ‘\u0905\u0902\u0915\u093f\u0924’ \u0915\u0940 \u0939\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e, \u092c\u0939\u0928 \u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0939\u093e- \u0926\u0942\u0938\u0930\u0947 \u0938\u092e\u0941\u0926\u093e\u092f \u0915\u0940 \u0932\u0921\u093c\u0915\u0940 \u0938\u0947 \u0925\u093e \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0947\u092e-\u0938\u0902\u092c\u0902\u0927” (One more ‘Ankit’ killed in Delhi, sister says- he was in a love relationship with girl from another community- translated). The report clearly mentioned that the family of the victim suspected that his relationship was the cause. The title of BBC News Hindi<\/em><\/a>‘s report was “\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938 \u0930\u093f\u0935\u094d\u092f\u0942: \u092b\u093f\u0930 \u090f\u0915 \u0905\u0902\u0915\u093f\u0924 \u0915\u0940 \u0939\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e, \u0926\u0942\u0938\u0930\u0947 \u0927\u0930\u094d\u092e \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092a\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0940 \u0938\u091c\u093c\u093e?” (Press Review: One more Ankit killed, punished for inter-faith love?- translated).\u00a0<\/em>The report qualified the honour killing theory with a question mark in the title. Interestingly, Times Now<\/em> reported that the sister of the victim has blamed the girl’s family for the murder, whereas we saw above that the Hindi version of Times Now\u00a0<\/em>had reported the incident in an inflammatory manner.<\/p>\n

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Manak Gupta, who is a senior anchor with the channel News24<\/em>, tweeted on October 2 that Ankit was killed because he fell in love with a Muslim girl.<\/p>\n

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\u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u090f\u0915 \u0914\u0930 \u0905\u0902\u0915\u093f\u0924 \u0915\u0940 \u0939\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e…!!! \u0935\u091c\u0939 \u0935\u0939\u0940 – \u092e\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093f\u092e \u0932\u0921\u093c\u0915\u0940 \u0938\u0947 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0947\u092e \u0915\u0930 \u092c\u0948\u0920\u093e https:\/\/t.co\/eqLyhfOayE<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Manak Gupta (@manakgupta) October 2, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Journalist Richa Anirudh<\/a> reiterated the same in her tweet; so did Vikas Saraswat<\/a> who works with Swarajya\u00a0<\/em>and journalist Jagrati Shukla<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It may be noted that following the murder, the victim’s sister had alleged that he was killed in a case of honour killing.<\/p>\n

Venom on social media<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Parvesh Sahib Singh, who is a BJP MP from Delhi targeted Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal for politicising the killing of Vivek Tiwari but not bothering about Ankit Garg.<\/p>\n

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\u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u092e\u093e\u0932\u093f\u0915 @ArvindKejriwal<\/a> \u0915\u094b \u0935\u093f\u0935\u0947\u0915 \u0924\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u0915\u093e \u0927\u0930\u094d\u092e \u092a\u0924\u093e \u091a\u0932 \u0917\u092f\u093e \u0915\u094d\u092f\u094b\u0902\u0915\u093f \u0935\u094b \u092f\u0942\u092a\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u0925\u0947\u0964 \u0905\u092c \u091c\u092c\u0915\u093f \u0905\u0902\u0915\u093f\u0924 \u0915\u0940 \u0939\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0909\u0928\u0915\u0947 \u0928\u093e\u0915 \u0915\u0947 \u0928\u0940\u091a\u0947 \u0939\u0941\u0908 \u0939\u0948 \u0909\u0928\u0915\u094b \u0928 \u0924\u094b \u0905\u0902\u0915\u093f\u0924 \u0915\u0947 \u0927\u0930\u094d\u092e \u0915\u093e \u092a\u0924\u093e \u091a\u0932 \u092a\u093e \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0928 \u0939\u0940 \u0938\u092e\u0941\u0926\u093e\u092f \u0935\u093f\u0936\u0947\u0937 \u0938\u0947 \u0924\u093e\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0941\u0915 \u0930\u0916\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u0939\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u0915\u093e !#AnkitSaxen<\/a>https:\/\/t.co\/NZTkIJV6UP<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Parvesh Sahib Singh (@p_sahibsingh) October 2, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Harish Khurana<\/a>, BJP Delhi spokesperson also targeted Kejriwal over the issue. Ravinder Gupta<\/a>, General Secretary of BJP Delhi followed suit.<\/p>\n

On social media, the usual suspects sought to exploit the ‘news’ and communalise the issue. Leading the pack was serial purveyor of misinformation Prashant Patel Umrao. His tweet of October 1 was retweeted over 4300 times.<\/p>\n

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Hindu Teacher Ankit Garg is killed brutally in Mahendra Park, Delhi by Peaceful because he had affair with a Muslim girl & they wanted to get married. Inter faith love is one way traffic only & this is Truth of Fake Secularism!<\/p>\n

\u2014 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0936\u093e\u0928\u094d\u0924 \u092a\u091f\u0947\u0932 \u0909\u092e\u0930\u093e\u0935 (@ippatel) October 1, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sonam Mahajan who is a right-wing social media user too tweeted about it, which was retweeted over 3700 times. Another social media user Shekhar Chahal<\/a> who is followed on Twitter by PM Narendra Modi also tweeted asking why the media and Arvind Kejriwal were silent.<\/p>\n

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Two Ankits killed in broad-day light in the streets of Delhi for falling in love with Muslim women and all that Kejriwal has to offer is communalisation of a crime, committed by a UP cop who\u2019s already behind the bars. Not a word on the communal killings in his own Delhi. Vulture.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Sonam Mahajan (@AsYouNotWish) October 2, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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None of the above social media users have deleted their tweet despite a clarification<\/a> by the police.<\/p>\n

NOT a case of honour killing<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The murder of Ankit Kumar Garg is not a case of honour killing. This was confirmed by the Delhi police via a press release<\/a> of October 5, 2018. The press release categorically states that 21-year old Akash has been arrested for the murder of Garg.<\/p>\n

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Raj Shekhar Jha who is a Delhi based journalist with Times of India<\/em> has tweeted the CCTV video of the crime which shows the accused escaping the scene of the crime.<\/p>\n

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The CCTV footage which nailed Akash Kashyap, the man who shot dead a teacher, Ankit Garg, in northwest Delhi, a few days ago. The cops have ruled out the honour killing angle. @TOIDelhi<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/kZp4MePLSH<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Raj Shekhar Jha (@rajshekharTOI) October 5, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Subsequent reporting by media organisations<\/strong><\/h3>\n

After it was confirmed that 21-year old Akash has been arrested as the accused in the case, Zee News<\/em><\/a> on October 6 was among those which reported this new development, although in the immediate aftermath of the killing, its reportage of the incident was provocative. While Times Now has not reported the new development, its sister organisation\u00a0Times of India<\/em> <\/a>published an article the same day that a BTech student was held for Garg’s murder. Aaj Tak<\/em><\/a> also subsequently reported that four days after the murder, the arrested accused in the case is the victim’s student. News18<\/em><\/a> too reported the latest development and so did Dainik Bhaskar<\/em><\/a>. However, The Print<\/em> has not reported the subsequent development.<\/p>\n

Those media organisations which had initially reported that the murder was the fallout of a relationship between persons belonging to different communities was on the basis of the victim’s sister’s claim. However, the headlines used by these news organisations were misleading. Although they later reported that it was a student of the victim who had been arrested, the barrage of initial reports on the incident helped fan the flames of communalism, which were exacerbated by hate mongering on social media. At a time when the communal divide is sought to be aggravated by vested interests, media reports which supplement pre-conceived prejudices end up acting as a catalyst. News outlets that communalised the incident merely on the basis of an allegation by the victim\u2019s kin have failed to express regret over their inaccurate reporting.<\/p>\n

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