

{"id":4843,"date":"2017-08-20T15:40:50","date_gmt":"2017-08-20T10:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=4843"},"modified":"2017-08-20T15:40:50","modified_gmt":"2017-08-20T10:10:50","slug":"right-wing-twiterrati-indulge-rumor-mongering-utkal-express-derailment-uttar-pradesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/right-wing-twiterrati-indulge-rumor-mongering-utkal-express-derailment-uttar-pradesh\/","title":{"rendered":"Right-wing Twiterrati  indulge in rumor-mongering over Utkal Express derailment in Uttar Pradesh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c<em>Terrorist ploy. Clips of rail-road were removed.<\/em>\u201d Within an hour after the Muzaffarnagar train accident, scores of conspiracy theories started to float on social media. While some were speculative, others like twitter user Prashant Patel Umrao presented his version as a fact. It takes a detailed enquiry to establish the cause of the accident but rumor-mongers will not let go of this opportunity to further their divisive agenda.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/Selection_20_08_2017_007.jpg\" alt=\"Prashant Umrao Prayers for families who lost their loved ones &amp; injuried in muzaffarnagar train accident. Terrorist Ploy. Clips of rail-road were removed.\" width=\"969\" height=\"541\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/Selection_20_08_2017_007.jpg 969w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/Selection_20_08_2017_007-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/Selection_20_08_2017_007-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/Selection_20_08_2017_007-696x389.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/Selection_20_08_2017_007-752x420.jpg 752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 969px) 100vw, 969px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However, the initial reports say nothing about a sabotage or a terrorist angle. While it may take months for the final police report to come out, quoting police sources, Republic reported that preliminary reports point to human error as the cause for derailment. NDTV <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ndtv\/status\/899143206889177088\" target=\"_blank\">report<\/a> also pointed to human error.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash\">#BREAKING<\/a>: Preliminary assessment suggests that derailment was due to human error. Nothing to suggest any sabotage: UP Police sources<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Republic (@republic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/republic\/status\/898938711563423744\">August 19, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gaonconnection.com\/desh\/muzaffarnagar-kalinga-utkal-express-train-accident-railway-employee-audio-viral\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a> on Gaon Connection which quotes two railway authorities claims that there was ongoing work on the railways track on which the derailment happened.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the news reports, rumour mongering continued and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ippatel\/status\/898905497188749314\" target=\"_blank\">Umrao<\/a> was not alone in his assertions. A twitter handle that goes by the name of Gini Khan presented a communal explanation for the accident.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/Selection_20_08_2017_009-807x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Giniromet 2 facts- 1. Muslim population in #Muzaffarnagar is quite high. 2. Last year,150 died in Kanpur train accident in which ISI was involved.\" width=\"640\" height=\"812\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/Selection_20_08_2017_009-807x1024.jpg 807w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/Selection_20_08_2017_009-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/Selection_20_08_2017_009-768x975.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/Selection_20_08_2017_009-696x883.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/Selection_20_08_2017_009-331x420.jpg 331w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/Selection_20_08_2017_009.jpg 973w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time that we have seen such tweets from these twitter handles. While Khan is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-social-media-profiles-muslim-identities-bolster-bjp-caste-study-1-gini-khan-giniromet\/\" target=\"_blank\">fake profile<\/a>, Umrao is a verified account with a blue tick. He was the person behind <a href=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/haryana-bjp-chiefs-son-stalks-a-woman-supporters-download-her-old-images-and-spread-a-fake-narrative\/\" target=\"_blank\">victim shaming with a fake picture<\/a> of Varnika Kundu after the Chandigarh stalking incident. More recently he <a href=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-hamid-ansaris-budget-not-six-times-president\/\" target=\"_blank\">circulated false budget numbers<\/a> claiming that Hamid Ansari\u2019s budget was six times that of the President of India.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>It is terror activity<\/em>,\u201d Brajesh Misra, Chief of\u00a0Bharat Samachar TV\u00a0and Chairman of UPTV Pvt Ltd, also passed his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brajeshlive\/status\/898940599251763200\" target=\"_blank\">verdict<\/a> within a few hours of the accident.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/Selection_20_08_2017_010.jpg\" alt=\"brajesh mishra It&#039;s not train accident...its terror activity. NIA shud probe it.\" width=\"950\" height=\"577\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/Selection_20_08_2017_010.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/Selection_20_08_2017_010-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/Selection_20_08_2017_010-768x466.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/Selection_20_08_2017_010-696x423.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/Selection_20_08_2017_010-692x420.jpg 692w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As reports started to stream in about the possibility of a human error, Misra amended the narrative he initially tried to push. From a \u201cterror activity\u201d it became \u201ccriminal negligence\u201d and when confronted about the discrepancy he spoke of \u201cmultiple reasons behind accidents\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Criminal negligence by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RailMinIndia\">@RailMinIndia<\/a> officials.<br \/>FIR shud be registered under section 302 IPC. Here in India there is no value of human life <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y1Lm0CmQJH\">https:\/\/t.co\/Y1Lm0CmQJH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brajesh Misra (@brajeshlive) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brajeshlive\/status\/898987326344265728\">August 19, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#39;s not the single reason for this horrible train derailment. NIA will clear the air. Before derailment many trains passed in this route <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AcaOLmIrVF\">https:\/\/t.co\/AcaOLmIrVF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brajesh Misra (@brajeshlive) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brajeshlive\/status\/898988278266777600\">August 19, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile ANI reported of locals distributing breakfast and tea and people of all communities helping in the rescue operations.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Both Hindus&amp; Muslims live here.Youths from both communities together rescued victims before officials reached: Satender,local <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Muzaffarnagar?src=hash\">#Muzaffarnagar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nCWbTPdOUq\">pic.twitter.com\/nCWbTPdOUq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANINewsUP\/status\/899125834530701315\">August 20, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Such news of harmony is not good news for twitter warriors. In a desperate attempt to provide a new divisive angle to the tragedy, Umrao <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ippatel\/status\/899128395656708096\" target=\"_blank\">tweeted<\/a>, \u201c<em>It could be an act of terrorism to kill Hindu pilgrims traveling to Haridwar from Puri.Kanpur &amp; Muzaffarnagar accidents similar. Rail Jihad<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/Selection_20_08_2017_008-1024x665.jpg\" alt=\"Prashant Umrao Track was cut 1 metre at accident site, welding machine is found. Railway workers are absconding. Intelligence suspecting conspiracy. It could be an act of terrorism to kill Hindu pilgrims traveling to Haridwar from Puri. Kanpur &amp; muzaffarnagar accidents similar. Rail Jihad?\" width=\"640\" height=\"416\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/Selection_20_08_2017_008-1024x665.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/Selection_20_08_2017_008-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/Selection_20_08_2017_008-768x499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/Selection_20_08_2017_008-696x452.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/Selection_20_08_2017_008-647x420.jpg 647w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/Selection_20_08_2017_008.jpg 1043w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is important to note that till the time of writing the article, there was no official confirmation of the cause of the accident. There is talk of ongoing incomplete repair work and possible human error but there is no confirmation as yet. Twitter warriors are perhaps taking an anticipatory stance to counter anyone pinning blame on the government. Or it could be a more sinister ploy to use a tragic accident to further their polarizing agenda. Either way, in the absence of an official confirmation, social media users need to be cautious before they believe conspiracy theories, particularly those that are put across by repeat offenders known for their rumor-mongering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cTerrorist ploy. Clips of rail-road were removed.\u201d Within an hour after the Muzaffarnagar train accident, scores of conspiracy theories started to float on social media. While some were speculative, others like twitter user Prashant Patel Umrao presented his version as a fact. It takes a detailed enquiry to establish the cause of the accident but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":4855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[120],"class_list":["post-4843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Right-wing Twiterrati indulge in rumor-mongering over Utkal Express derailment in Uttar Pradesh - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Right-wing Twiterrati indulge in rumor-mongering over Utkal Express derailment in Uttar Pradesh - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cTerrorist ploy. 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