

{"id":60855,"date":"2020-03-13T20:30:39","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T15:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=60855"},"modified":"2020-09-03T16:03:13","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T10:33:13","slug":"first-muslim-woman-sp-in-maharashtra-no-image-of-womens-day-celebration-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/first-muslim-woman-sp-in-maharashtra-no-image-of-womens-day-celebration-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"First Muslim woman SP in Maharashtra? No, image of Women&#8217;s Day celebration viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/posts\/?f=AbrQPwItQnxcZUfEz49w9w9_jvszQDsLkwdvcXAwzWQUw52f714X8EbKpvImyIAdQQ06XW1kKd4-fKX6ApclCxZkMHNSATugJ3pJiX95grW6bZjrtCh0OeFHOiNjcHSfFKSOi7bQ21Rf0l1S7IWQnn4Kmc3Td8LH5jDjBF5-8O0Pb4tJwoXaUeX9GURftuUIkx0&amp;filters=eyJycF9hdXRob3IiOiJ7XCJuYW1lXCI6XCJtZXJnZWRfcHVibGljX3Bvc3RzXCIsXCJhcmdzXCI6XCJcIn0ifQ%3D%3D&amp;q=First%20Muslim%20women%20SP%20from%20urdu%20medium%20in%20Maharashtra...\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=First%20Muslim%20women%20SP%20from%20urdu%20medium%20in%20Maharashtra...&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> users have uploaded an image of a girl surrounded by police officers. It is claimed that she is the &#8220;first Muslim woman SP (superintendent of police) from an Urdu medium in Maharashtra&#8230;&#8221; who is not following the official dress code for policewomen instead, wearing a hijab. &#8220;Do only &#8216;you people&#8217; get such lenience in Maharashtra or is it for everybody? This is a good joke. (\u092e\u0939\u093e\u0930\u093e\u0937\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930 \u092e\u0947 \u092f\u0947 \u091b\u0942\u091f \u0906\u092a \u0932\u094b\u0917\u094b \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u092f\u0947 \u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u092f\u093e \u0938\u092c\u0915\u094b \u0926\u0940 \u091c\u093e\u092f\u0947\u0917\u0940? \u0905\u091a\u094d\u091b\u093e \u092e\u091c\u093e\u0915 \u0939\u0948),&#8221; wrote Twitter user TEAM SCB \u092c\u092c\u0932\u0942 \u0938\u0948\u0928\u0940 \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@bablu3796) on September 2.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0909\u0930\u094d\u0926\u0942 \u092e\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u092e \u0938\u0947 \u092a\u0922\u093c\u0915\u0930 IPS \u092c\u0928\u0940<br \/>\n\u092a\u0939\u0932\u0940 \u092e\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093f\u092e SP \u092e\u0939\u093f\u0932\u093e \u092c\u0927\u093e\u0908 \u0915\u0940 \u092a\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u0939\u0948\u0902<br \/>\n\u0915\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0924\u0941 \u0921\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938 \u0915\u094b\u0921 \u0915\u094b \u0926\u0930\u0915\u093f\u0928\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0930\u0915\u0947<br \/>\n\u0906\u092a \u091c\u093f\u0938 \u0935\u0947\u0936\u092d\u0942\u0937\u093e \u092e\u0947 \u0938\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u0915\u0941\u0930\u094d\u0938\u0940 \u092a\u0930 \u0935\u093f\u0930\u093e\u091c\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u0939\u0948\u0902<br \/>\n\u0924\u094b \u092a\u0939\u0932\u093e \u0928\u093f\u092f\u092e \u0915\u093e \u0909\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0902\u0918\u0928 \u0924\u094b<br \/>\n\u0906\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u0906\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0940 \u0915\u0930 \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0948<br \/>\n\u092e\u0939\u093e\u0930\u093e\u0937\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930 \u092e\u0947 \u092f\u0947 \u091b\u0942\u091f \u0906\u092a \u0932\u094b\u0917\u094b \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u092f\u0947 \u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948<br \/>\n\u092f\u093e \u0938\u092c\u0915\u094b \u0926\u0940 \u091c\u093e\u092f\u0947\u0917\u0940 ?<br \/>\n\u0905\u091a\u094d\u091b\u093e \u092e\u091c\u093e\u0915 \u0939\u0948 \ud83d\ude20 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5xwBKSwFa9\">pic.twitter.com\/5xwBKSwFa9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 TEAM SCB \u092c\u092c\u0932\u0942 \u0938\u0948\u0928\u0940 \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@bablu3796) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bablu3796\/status\/1301202704174329859?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The same image was also circulating in March however, the posts were commending the girl for becoming the first &#8220;Muslim woman SP&#8221; in Maharashtra.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-74568 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/f0a7ee33-ede0-4946-9fc2-b63a63b036f9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/f0a7ee33-ede0-4946-9fc2-b63a63b036f9.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/f0a7ee33-ede0-4946-9fc2-b63a63b036f9-300x254.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Along with the image, a video was also viral with the same claim. A Facebook user posted the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mohsin.abm\/videos\/2484484235135121\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a> on March 8.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mohsin.abm\/videos\/2484484235135121\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-60902 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/March13vid.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1914\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/March13vid.jpg 1914w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/March13vid-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/March13vid-1024x424.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/March13vid-768x318.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/March13vid-1536x636.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/March13vid-990x410.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/March13vid-1320x546.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1914px) 100vw, 1914px\" \/><\/a>Alt News had received several requests to fact-check the viral image on WhatsApp (+91 76000 11160) and on our <a title=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.altnews\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.altnews\" data-from-md=\"\">official Android application<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-60861 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/March13.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1146\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/March13.png 1146w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/March13-300x83.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/March13-1024x282.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/March13-768x212.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/March13-990x273.png 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1146px) 100vw, 1146px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Image is from 2020 Women&#8217;s Day celebration<\/h4>\n<p>After unsuccessful reverse image search attempts, Alt News performed a keyword search on YouTube and found a March 5, 2020 video by Times of India. The video title reads, &#8216;Women&#8217;s Day: 14-year-old girl becomes DSP &#8216;for a day&#8217; in Maharashtra&#8217;s Buldhana.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IAMc1cmnprk<\/p>\n<p>The video description states that Sahrish Kanwal, a 14-year-old high school student, was made the district superintendent of police (DSP) for a day in Maharashtra&#8217;s Buldhana district ahead of International Women&#8217;s Day.<\/p>\n<p>On March 4, Buldhana Police <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/buldhanapolice1\/status\/1235204438534455296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a>, &#8220;I want to be a police superintendent. It&#8217;s important to me&#8221; (Expectation of) Sahrish Kanwal, one day police superintendent, District school, Malkapur. Statement on the occasion of the international woman&#8217;s day. (\u092e\u0932\u093e\u0939\u0940 \u092a\u094b\u0932\u0940\u0938 \u0905\u0927\u093f\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0915 \u0935\u094d\u0939\u093e\u092f\u091a\u092f\u0902..\u201d \u0906\u091c\u091a\u093e \u0926\u093f\u0935\u0938 \u092e\u093e\u091d\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0938\u093e\u0920\u0940 \u0905\u0924\u094d\u092f\u0902\u0924 \u092e\u0939\u0924\u094d\u0935\u093e\u091a\u093e! &#8211; \u090f\u0915 \u0926\u093f\u0935\u0938\u093e\u091a\u094d\u092f\u093e \u092a\u094b\u0932\u0940\u0938 \u0905\u0927\u093f\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0940\u0915\u093e \u0938\u0939\u0930\u0940\u0936 \u0915\u0935\u0932, \u091c\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0939\u093e \u092a\u0930\u093f\u0937\u0926 \u0939\u093e\u092f\u0938\u094d\u0915\u0941\u0932, \u092e\u0932\u0915\u093e\u092a\u0941\u0930 \u092f\u093e\u0902\u091a\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0905\u092a\u0947\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093e \u2013\u092a\u094b\u0932\u0940\u0938 \u0905\u0927\u093f\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0915, \u092c\u0941\u0932\u0921\u093e\u0923\u093e \u092e\u093e.\u0921\u0949.\u0926\u093f\u0932\u0940\u092a \u092a\u093e\u091f\u0940\u0932-\u092d\u0941\u091c\u092c\u0933 \u092f\u093e\u0902\u091a\u093e \u091c\u093e\u0917\u0924\u093f\u0915 \u092e\u0939\u093f\u0932\u093e \u0926\u093f\u0928\u093e\u0928\u093f\u092e\u093f\u0924\u094d\u0924 \u0905\u092d\u093f\u0928\u0935 \u0909\u092a\u0915\u094d\u0930\u092e.)&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-74569 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/929150-buldana-police-tweet.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"587\" height=\"736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/929150-buldana-police-tweet.jpg 587w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/929150-buldana-police-tweet-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the claim on social media associated with the viral image is false.<\/p>\n<h4>Facts about representation of Muslim women and women in Indian police<\/h4>\n<p>Last year, Tata Trusts, the philanthropist arm of Tata Group, published &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tatatrusts.org\/upload\/pdf\/overall-report-single.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">India Justice Report 2019.<\/a>&#8216; According to the report, &#8220;Over fifteen years, from 1999\u20132013, Muslim representation in the police has remained consistently low, at 3\u20134 per cent (including Jammu and Kashmir pushes it up to 8 per cent), as against the 14.2 per cent population that is Muslim. A few states like Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and West Bengal include reservation for Muslims under the Other Backward Classes category. Inexplicably, since 2013, the National Crimes Records Bureau annual report has ceased reporting the level of Muslim representation in the police.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This report also found that &#8220;Women make up just 7% of the police (<span class=\"module__title__link\">Bureau of Police Research and Development<\/span>, Jan 2017). Over 5 years, 31 states and UTs have improved women&#8217;s representation in the force. The pace, however, is much too slow.&#8221; The infographic below shows the time Indian States will take to reach 33% women representation in the police.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_60875\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60875\" style=\"width: 1636px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-60875\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/India-Justice-Report-2019-pages-44-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1636\" height=\"1501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/India-Justice-Report-2019-pages-44-1.jpg 1636w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/India-Justice-Report-2019-pages-44-1-300x275.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/India-Justice-Report-2019-pages-44-1-1024x940.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/India-Justice-Report-2019-pages-44-1-768x705.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/India-Justice-Report-2019-pages-44-1-1536x1409.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/India-Justice-Report-2019-pages-44-1-990x908.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/India-Justice-Report-2019-pages-44-1-1320x1211.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/India-Justice-Report-2019-pages-44-1-459x420.jpg 459w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1636px) 100vw, 1636px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-60875\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Infographic on page 28<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several Facebook and Twitter users have uploaded an image of a girl surrounded by police officers. It is claimed that she is the &#8220;first Muslim woman SP (superintendent of police) from an Urdu medium in Maharashtra&#8230;&#8221; who is not following the official dress code for policewomen instead, wearing a hijab. &#8220;Do only &#8216;you people&#8217; get [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":60880,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[682],"class_list":["post-60855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-photos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>First Muslim woman SP in Maharashtra? 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