

{"id":51199,"date":"2019-11-17T16:45:10","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T11:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=51199"},"modified":"2019-11-17T16:45:10","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T11:15:10","slug":"lawyer-prashant-patel-falsely-claims-his-tweet-calling-for-genocide-as-morphed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/lawyer-prashant-patel-falsely-claims-his-tweet-calling-for-genocide-as-morphed\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawyer Prashant Patel falsely claims his tweet calling for genocide as morphed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A screenshot of Delhi-based lawyer Prashant Patel Umrao&#8217;s tweet has become a point of contention on social media. Twitter user Asaur Rahman brought to light a 2013 tweet by Umrao where the lawyer allegedly called for a genocide of the Muslim community. Rahman shared a screenshot of the tweet in the wake of the arrest of journalist Ali Shorab after an FIR was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Uppolice\/status\/1186547903306915840\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">filed<\/a> by the UP police under the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/lucknow\/lucknow-police-arrest-delhi-resident-for-objectionable-comments-on-social-media\/articleshow\/72088768.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">charges<\/a> of &#8220;comments on social media regarding Ayodhya verdict.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51201\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/EJf2KxJUwAAThRV.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/EJf2KxJUwAAThRV.png 678w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/EJf2KxJUwAAThRV-300x139.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the 2013 tweet, Umrao had said, <em>&#8220;\u090f\u0915 \u090f\u0915 \u092e\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0901 \u0915\u094b \u0915\u093e\u091f\u0928\u093e \u0939\u0948 ..\u0939\u0930 \u092e\u0938\u094d\u091c\u093f\u0926 \u0924\u094b\u095c\u0928\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u092c\u0947\u091f\u093e \u0905\u0916\u093f\u0932\u0947\u0936 .. \u0930\u094b\u0915 \u0938\u0915\u094b \u0924\u094b \u0930\u094b\u0915 \u0932\u094b \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u092d\u0930 \u0915\u0947 \u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0942 \u0935\u0940\u0930\u094b\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u0905\u0928\u0941\u0930\u094b\u0927 \u0939\u0948 &#8230; \u091a\u0932\u094b \u092e\u0941\u091c\u092b\u094d\u092b\u0930\u0928\u0917\u0930 (Each and every Muslim has to be butchered. Every mosque has to be destroyed. Akhilesh, stop us if you can. All Hindu braves of the country are called upon to proceed to Muzaffarnagar -translated)&#8221;.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The lawyer, however, claimed that he did not post the said tweet and termed it a work of &#8216;photoshop&#8217;. He quote-tweeted Rahman&#8217;s and wrote, <em>&#8220;Asarur Rahman is circulating photoshopped images and wants to create unrest by spreading fake news,&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>while tagging UP police.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dear <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Uppolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Uppolice<\/a> this person Asarur Rahman is circulating Photoshop images &amp; want to Crete unrest by spreading fake news. Kindly take action. He is spreading fake news &amp; writing uncivilized words about CM Yogi also.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dgpup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@dgpup<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SgVc1TbF47\">https:\/\/t.co\/SgVc1TbF47<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0936\u093e\u0928\u094d\u0924 \u092a\u091f\u0947\u0932 (@ippatel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ippatel\/status\/1195752246211796992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>FRIENDS TO THE RESCUE<\/h2>\n<p>BJP volunteer Vikas Pandey defended Umrao and dubbed the tweet &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MODIfiedVikas\/status\/1195747099326812161\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">photoshopped<\/a>&#8216;. Pandey posted a screenshot of a tweet by advocate Sanwar Ali who demanded action against Umrao.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This so called lawyer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/advsanwar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@advsanwar<\/a> tried to spread fake Photoshop tweets of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ippatel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ippatel<\/a> thus making him a target of Islamic terrorists like Kamlesh Tiwari ji. This is really terrifying. Hope he is arrested soon! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/50ETz1uH9Y\">pic.twitter.com\/50ETz1uH9Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vikas Pandey (@MODIfiedVikas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MODIfiedVikas\/status\/1195747099326812161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>BJP leader Kapil Mishra also came to Umrao&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KapilMishra_IND\/status\/1195751745676181506\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rescue<\/a> and alleged that Sanwar Ali had photoshopped the screenshot under a conspiracy to spread hate against Prashant Patel Umrao.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u092f\u0947 \u0932\u094b\u0917 \u0926\u0902\u0917\u0947 \u0915\u0930\u0935\u093e\u0928\u093e \u091a\u093e\u0939\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902?<\/p>\n<p>\u092f\u0947 \u0926\u0947\u0916\u093f\u092f\u0947 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/advsanwar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@advsanwar<\/a> \u0928\u0947 \u091d\u0942\u0920\u0940 \u092b\u094b\u091f\u094b\u0936\u0949\u092a \u092c\u0928\u093e\u0908 \u0914\u0930 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ippatel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ippatel<\/a> \u0915\u0947 \u0916\u093f\u0932\u093e\u092b \u0928\u092b\u0930\u0924 \u092b\u0948\u0932\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u0916\u0941\u0932\u0947\u0906\u092e \u0938\u093e\u091c\u093f\u0936 \u0915\u0940<\/p>\n<p>\u0932\u0917\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u092f\u0947 \u0932\u094b\u0917 \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0926\u0902\u0917\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u0917\u0902\u0926\u0940 \u0938\u093e\u091c\u093f\u0936 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0932\u0917\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Uppolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Uppolice<\/a> &#8211; such person should be behind the bars immediately <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2p7q4Laocn\">pic.twitter.com\/2p7q4Laocn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kapil Mishra (@KapilMishra_IND) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KapilMishra_IND\/status\/1195751745676181506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>INTERNET ARCHIVE PROVES OTHERWISE<\/h2>\n<p>In February 2018, Alt News had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/prashant-p-umrao-unmasking-one-man-hate-factory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">compiled<\/a> several instances of misinformation, often hate-filled, propagated by Umrao. The article serves as a profile of the Delhi-based lawyer, documenting his statements against religious minorities and his support for Mahatma Gandhi&#8217;s assassin Nathuran Godse and German dictator Adolf Hitler. The report\u00a0includes the 2013 tweet by Umrao where he called for all Muslims to be butchered and mosques to be demolished in Muzzafarnagar. An <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180204154649\/https:\/twitter.com\/ippatel\/status\/374071543388975104\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archive<\/a> of the tweet proves that it had existed on Umrao&#8217;s timeline at least up to February 4, 2018, but was later taken down.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51205\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/2019-11-17-12_13_37-Slack.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1876\" height=\"845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/2019-11-17-12_13_37-Slack.png 1876w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/2019-11-17-12_13_37-Slack-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/2019-11-17-12_13_37-Slack-768x346.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/2019-11-17-12_13_37-Slack-1024x461.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/2019-11-17-12_13_37-Slack-990x446.png 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/2019-11-17-12_13_37-Slack-1320x595.png 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1876px) 100vw, 1876px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The other tweet seen in Pandey&#8217;s and Mishra&#8217;s tweets which is claimed to be morphed is also available in the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180205024125\/https:\/twitter.com\/ippatel\/status\/449521477583659008\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Internet archive<\/a>. In this tweet, he is reminding people of the violence unleashed in Muzaffarnagar and Godhra, saying \u201c<em>We will finish what you begin, just like Godhra. Then keep shouting for 10 years, like Gujarat. Do you remember Muzaffarnagar?<\/em>\u201d(translated)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Selection_17_11_2019_001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"943\" height=\"665\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Selection_17_11_2019_001.jpg 943w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Selection_17_11_2019_001-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Selection_17_11_2019_001-768x542.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 943px) 100vw, 943px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>A ONE-MAN HATE FACTORY<\/h2>\n<p>Rajdeep Sardesai had filed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thequint.com\/news\/india\/rajdeep-sardesai-files-complaint-against-advocate-for-incitement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">police complaint<\/a> against Umrao in 2018 for <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180204061919\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/ippatel\/status\/229130896207380480\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">attributing a fake quote<\/a> to the journalist calling\u00a0for \u2018killing a 1000 Hindus\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-51212 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/prashant-patel-rajdeep-sardesai-kill-1000-hindus-696x697.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/prashant-patel-rajdeep-sardesai-kill-1000-hindus-696x697.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/prashant-patel-rajdeep-sardesai-kill-1000-hindus-696x697-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/prashant-patel-rajdeep-sardesai-kill-1000-hindus-696x697-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However, this was a one-off instance when an action was taken against Umrao&#8217;s propaganda. His hate-mongering is mostly either ignored or justified by influencers who echo his views.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2017, a Swiss tourist couple was physically assaulted at Fatehpur Sikri in UP. The couple sustained grievous injuries and the report made international news. Umrao was among those who spread the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/rumour-mongering-attack-swiss-couple-fatehpur-sikri-agra\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">false information<\/a> that it was members of the minority community who had attacked the Swiss couple.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-51213 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/umraoagra.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/umraoagra.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/umraoagra-281x300.jpg 281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When the Utkal Express derailed in Muzaffarnagar in UP last year, Umrao <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ippatel\/status\/899119249481809924\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">alleged<\/a> that the accident was a terror ploy and could be a move to kill Hindu pilgrims, an allegation which turned out to be false.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/umraotrain.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"389\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/umraotrain.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/umraotrain-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/umraotrain2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"647\" height=\"420\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/umraotrain2.jpg 647w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/umraotrain2-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 647px) 100vw, 647px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>His hate for the Muslim community is well-known to anybody who has followed the lawyer on social media through the years. Umrao has called for a genocide of Muslims <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180204092856\/https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/ippatel\/status\/435811777800970240\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">multiple times<\/a> on Twitter. Posted below is a now-deleted tweet from 2014.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-51215 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/7aacaa25-0e02-43ff-babe-20a18de86d60.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/7aacaa25-0e02-43ff-babe-20a18de86d60.png 584w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/7aacaa25-0e02-43ff-babe-20a18de86d60-268x300.png 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In 2012 as well, he made similar comments calling for a <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180204105047\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/ippatel\/status\/284595299249422336\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">pogrom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-51216 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Selection_06_02_2018_010-696x308.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Selection_06_02_2018_010-696x308.png 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Selection_06_02_2018_010-696x308-300x133.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The above examples only provide a myopic view of the hate-filled world of Prashant Patel Umrao. For a larger picture, readers can refer to earlier reports by Alt News &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/prashant-p-umrao-unmasking-one-man-hate-factory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/prashant-patel-umrao-fake-news-compilation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Most people familiar with Prashant Patel Umrao&#8217;s trysts with disinformation would not be astounded that the lawyer defended his calls for a genocide of Muslims with more disinformation. However, a BJP leader coming to the rescue of Patel&#8217;s genocidal tweets while reiterating the false claim, intentionally or otherwise, is highly condemnable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A screenshot of Delhi-based lawyer Prashant Patel Umrao&#8217;s tweet has become a point of contention on social media. Twitter user Asaur Rahman brought to light a 2013 tweet by Umrao where the lawyer allegedly called for a genocide of the Muslim community. 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