{"id":72544,"date":"2020-08-08T00:04:48","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T18:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=72544"},"modified":"2020-08-08T16:10:41","modified_gmt":"2020-08-08T10:40:41","slug":"fake-twitter-account-impersonates-kashmiri-woman-nadia-beig-who-cleared-upsc-exam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-twitter-account-impersonates-kashmiri-woman-nadia-beig-who-cleared-upsc-exam\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake Twitter account impersonates Kashmiri woman Nadia Beig who cleared UPSC exam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sixteen people from Jammu &amp; Kashmir and Ladakh cleared the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examinations 2019, as per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?hl=en&amp;tbm=nws&amp;q=kashmir+ladakh+upsc+2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">media reports<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/static-nic.akamaized.net\/civilservices\/FR-CSE-2019-040820-ENG.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">results<\/a> were declared on August 4. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/news\/education-career\/aim-to-help-female-aspirants-clear-upsc-exams-nadia-baig-from-kashmir-cracks-civil-services-exam-2019-2760523.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">News18<\/a> reported that two candidates from North Kashmir&#8217;s Kupwara district, Nadia Beig and Aftab Rasool, also cleared the exams. Two days later, several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/posts\/?q=%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%97&amp;epa=SEARCH_BOX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%97&amp;f=live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> users claimed that Beig&#8217;s Twitter account is full of &#8220;anti-national activities&#8221;. This was based on tweets by a Twitter account &#8216;@Nadia_<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Beigh&#8217; which <\/span>no longer exists. These screenshots below have been widely shared on social media.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-72544 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-twitter-account-impersonates-kashmiri-woman-nadia-beig-who-cleared-upsc-exam\/2020-08-07-17_33_02-24-%e0%a4%ae%e0%a5%83%e0%a4%a4%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%af%e0%a5%81%e0%a4%82%e0%a4%9c%e0%a4%af-%e0%a4%9c%e0%a4%af-%e0%a4%b6%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%ae\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"787\" height=\"850\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-17_33_02-24-\u092e\u0943\u0924\u094d\u092f\u0941\u0902\u091c\u092f-\u091c\u092f-\u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940-\u0930\u093e\u092e-\ud83d\udd31\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\uded5\ud83d\uded5-on-Twitter_-_@SalmanNizami_-@Nadia_Beigh-O.jpg\" 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https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-17_33_02-24-\u092e\u0943\u0924\u094d\u092f\u0941\u0902\u091c\u092f-\u091c\u092f-\u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940-\u0930\u093e\u092e-\ud83d\udd31\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\uded5\ud83d\uded5-on-Twitter_-_@SalmanNizami_-@Nadia_Beigh-O-768x829.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 787px) 100vw, 787px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-twitter-account-impersonates-kashmiri-woman-nadia-beig-who-cleared-upsc-exam\/2020-08-07-17_33_46-24-%e0%a4%ae%e0%a5%83%e0%a4%a4%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%af%e0%a5%81%e0%a4%82%e0%a4%9c%e0%a4%af-%e0%a4%9c%e0%a4%af-%e0%a4%b6%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%ae\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"903\" height=\"828\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-17_33_46-24-\u092e\u0943\u0924\u094d\u092f\u0941\u0902\u091c\u092f-\u091c\u092f-\u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940-\u0930\u093e\u092e-\ud83d\udd31\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\uded5\ud83d\uded5-on-Twitter_-_@SalmanNizami_-@Nadia_Beigh-O.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-17_33_46-24-\u092e\u0943\u0924\u094d\u092f\u0941\u0902\u091c\u092f-\u091c\u092f-\u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940-\u0930\u093e\u092e-\ud83d\udd31\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\uded5\ud83d\uded5-on-Twitter_-_@SalmanNizami_-@Nadia_Beigh-O.jpg 903w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-17_33_46-24-\u092e\u0943\u0924\u094d\u092f\u0941\u0902\u091c\u092f-\u091c\u092f-\u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940-\u0930\u093e\u092e-\ud83d\udd31\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\uded5\ud83d\uded5-on-Twitter_-_@SalmanNizami_-@Nadia_Beigh-O-300x275.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-17_33_46-24-\u092e\u0943\u0924\u094d\u092f\u0941\u0902\u091c\u092f-\u091c\u092f-\u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940-\u0930\u093e\u092e-\ud83d\udd31\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\uded5\ud83d\uded5-on-Twitter_-_@SalmanNizami_-@Nadia_Beigh-O-768x704.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-17_33_46-24-\u092e\u0943\u0924\u094d\u092f\u0941\u0902\u091c\u092f-\u091c\u092f-\u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940-\u0930\u093e\u092e-\ud83d\udd31\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\uded5\ud83d\uded5-on-Twitter_-_@SalmanNizami_-@Nadia_Beigh-O-459x420.jpg 459w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 903px) 100vw, 903px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-twitter-account-impersonates-kashmiri-woman-nadia-beig-who-cleared-upsc-exam\/2020-08-07-17_33_59-24-%e0%a4%ae%e0%a5%83%e0%a4%a4%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%af%e0%a5%81%e0%a4%82%e0%a4%9c%e0%a4%af-%e0%a4%9c%e0%a4%af-%e0%a4%b6%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%ae\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"505\" height=\"830\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-17_33_59-24-\u092e\u0943\u0924\u094d\u092f\u0941\u0902\u091c\u092f-\u091c\u092f-\u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940-\u0930\u093e\u092e-\ud83d\udd31\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\uded5\ud83d\uded5-on-Twitter_-_@SalmanNizami_-@Nadia_Beigh-O.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-17_33_59-24-\u092e\u0943\u0924\u094d\u092f\u0941\u0902\u091c\u092f-\u091c\u092f-\u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940-\u0930\u093e\u092e-\ud83d\udd31\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\uded5\ud83d\uded5-on-Twitter_-_@SalmanNizami_-@Nadia_Beigh-O.jpg 505w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-17_33_59-24-\u092e\u0943\u0924\u094d\u092f\u0941\u0902\u091c\u092f-\u091c\u092f-\u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940-\u0930\u093e\u092e-\ud83d\udd31\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\uded5\ud83d\uded5-on-Twitter_-_@SalmanNizami_-@Nadia_Beigh-O-183x300.jpg 183w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Twitter account @<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">kapilverma73 posted a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kapilverma73\/status\/1291270309681573889?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweet-thread<\/a> on the matter. He referred to Beig&#8217;s alleged social media activity and questioned her &#8220;loyalty&#8221; to the nation. In one of his tweets he wrote, &#8220;Her one step can ruin our nation&#8217;s relationship with any nation, and a woman who has Pakistani ideology, won&#8217;t she have a soft corner for Pakistan? ( \u0907\u0938\u0915\u093e \u090f\u0915 \u0915\u0926\u092e \u0939\u092e\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0915\u0947 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u092d\u0940 \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0938\u0947 \u0930\u093f\u0936\u094d\u0924\u0947 \u092c\u093f\u0917\u093e\u0921\u093c \u0938\u0915\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948, \u0914\u0930 \u092a\u093e\u0915\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u0906\u0907\u0921\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0932\u0949\u091c\u0940 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0940 \u092f\u0939 \u092e\u0939\u093f\u0932\u093e \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u092a\u093e\u0915 \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u0925 \u0938\u0949\u092b\u094d\u091f \u0915\u093e\u0930\u094d\u0928\u0930 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0930\u0916\u0947\u0917\u0940 ?). This tweet-thread gained over 15,000 likes and more than 9,000 retweets cumulatively. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/Zs1Wp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archived link<\/a>)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-72544 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-twitter-account-impersonates-kashmiri-woman-nadia-beig-who-cleared-upsc-exam\/2020-08-07-17_44_33-37-%e0%a4%95%e0%a4%aa%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%b2-%e0%a4%b5%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%ae%e0%a4%be-on-twitter_-_%e0%a4%af%e0%a5%87-_%e0%a4%a8%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%a6%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%af%e0%a4%be\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"497\" height=\"790\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-17_44_33-37-\u0915\u092a\u093f\u0932-\u0935\u0930\u094d\u092e\u093e-on-Twitter_-_\u092f\u0947-_\u0928\u093e\u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e-\u092c\u0947\u0917_-\u0939\u0948\u0902-\u0915\u0936\u094d\u092e\u0940\u0930-\u0915\u0947-\u0915\u0941\u092a\u0935\u093e\u0921\u093c\u093e-\u0938\u0947-\u092a\u0930\u0938\u094b-UPS.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-17_44_33-37-\u0915\u092a\u093f\u0932-\u0935\u0930\u094d\u092e\u093e-on-Twitter_-_\u092f\u0947-_\u0928\u093e\u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e-\u092c\u0947\u0917_-\u0939\u0948\u0902-\u0915\u0936\u094d\u092e\u0940\u0930-\u0915\u0947-\u0915\u0941\u092a\u0935\u093e\u0921\u093c\u093e-\u0938\u0947-\u092a\u0930\u0938\u094b-UPS.jpg 497w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-17_44_33-37-\u0915\u092a\u093f\u0932-\u0935\u0930\u094d\u092e\u093e-on-Twitter_-_\u092f\u0947-_\u0928\u093e\u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e-\u092c\u0947\u0917_-\u0939\u0948\u0902-\u0915\u0936\u094d\u092e\u0940\u0930-\u0915\u0947-\u0915\u0941\u092a\u0935\u093e\u0921\u093c\u093e-\u0938\u0947-\u092a\u0930\u0938\u094b-UPS-189x300.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-twitter-account-impersonates-kashmiri-woman-nadia-beig-who-cleared-upsc-exam\/2020-08-07-17_45_10-37-%e0%a4%95%e0%a4%aa%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%b2-%e0%a4%b5%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%ae%e0%a4%be-on-twitter_-_%e0%a4%af%e0%a5%87-_%e0%a4%a8%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%a6%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%af%e0%a4%be\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"791\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-17_45_10-37-\u0915\u092a\u093f\u0932-\u0935\u0930\u094d\u092e\u093e-on-Twitter_-_\u092f\u0947-_\u0928\u093e\u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e-\u092c\u0947\u0917_-\u0939\u0948\u0902-\u0915\u0936\u094d\u092e\u0940\u0930-\u0915\u0947-\u0915\u0941\u092a\u0935\u093e\u0921\u093c\u093e-\u0938\u0947-\u092a\u0930\u0938\u094b-UPS.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-17_45_10-37-\u0915\u092a\u093f\u0932-\u0935\u0930\u094d\u092e\u093e-on-Twitter_-_\u092f\u0947-_\u0928\u093e\u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e-\u092c\u0947\u0917_-\u0939\u0948\u0902-\u0915\u0936\u094d\u092e\u0940\u0930-\u0915\u0947-\u0915\u0941\u092a\u0935\u093e\u0921\u093c\u093e-\u0938\u0947-\u092a\u0930\u0938\u094b-UPS.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-17_45_10-37-\u0915\u092a\u093f\u0932-\u0935\u0930\u094d\u092e\u093e-on-Twitter_-_\u092f\u0947-_\u0928\u093e\u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e-\u092c\u0947\u0917_-\u0939\u0948\u0902-\u0915\u0936\u094d\u092e\u0940\u0930-\u0915\u0947-\u0915\u0941\u092a\u0935\u093e\u0921\u093c\u093e-\u0938\u0947-\u092a\u0930\u0938\u094b-UPS-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Similarly, other Twitter users also promoted the same claim (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theanuragkts\/status\/1290594864753602560\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrityunjayTalks\/status\/1290594585622781952\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mukul60_s\/status\/1291372323329552386\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3<\/a>). One of them wrote, &#8220;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">I had saved her tweets because I knew she will delete her account.<\/span>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-72544 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"592\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-17_55_59-20-Anurag-Srivastava-on-Twitter_-_@Nadia_Beigh-@listenshahid-@DrSyedSehrish-@S.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-17_55_59-20-Anurag-Srivastava-on-Twitter_-_@Nadia_Beigh-@listenshahid-@DrSyedSehrish-@S.jpg 592w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-17_55_59-20-Anurag-Srivastava-on-Twitter_-_@Nadia_Beigh-@listenshahid-@DrSyedSehrish-@S-300x269.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"712\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-17_56_13-20-\u092e\u0943\u0924\u094d\u092f\u0941\u0902\u091c\u092f-\u091c\u092f-\u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940-\u0930\u093e\u092e-\ud83d\udd31\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\uded5\ud83d\uded5-on-Twitter_-_@Nadia_Beigh-@listenshahid-@D.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-17_56_13-20-\u092e\u0943\u0924\u094d\u092f\u0941\u0902\u091c\u092f-\u091c\u092f-\u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940-\u0930\u093e\u092e-\ud83d\udd31\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\uded5\ud83d\uded5-on-Twitter_-_@Nadia_Beigh-@listenshahid-@D.jpg 604w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-17_56_13-20-\u092e\u0943\u0924\u094d\u092f\u0941\u0902\u091c\u092f-\u091c\u092f-\u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940-\u0930\u093e\u092e-\ud83d\udd31\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\uded5\ud83d\uded5-on-Twitter_-_@Nadia_Beigh-@listenshahid-@D-254x300.jpg 254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-18_00_51-5-A-Rationale-on-Twitter_-_@kapilverma73-@PrabhatmG-@__kashyap__-@IAS_Shivanip.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-18_00_51-5-A-Rationale-on-Twitter_-_@kapilverma73-@PrabhatmG-@__kashyap__-@IAS_Shivanip.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-18_00_51-5-A-Rationale-on-Twitter_-_@kapilverma73-@PrabhatmG-@__kashyap__-@IAS_Shivanip-276x300.jpg 276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>On August 3, a news website Samachar24x7 published a similar <a href=\"https:\/\/samachar24x7.com\/main-news\/national\/how-nadia-baigh-will-work-as-ias-with-her-anti-national-mindset-will-upsc-answer-the-country-556538\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a> with the headline \u2014 &#8220;How will Nadia Beig work as an IAS officer with her anti-national mindset? Will UPSC answer to the country?&#8217; (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/nZOQ1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archived link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72607 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-22_23_15-How-Nadia-Baigh-will-work-as-IAS-with-her-anti-national-mindset-_-Will-UPSC-answ.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1224\" height=\"869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-22_23_15-How-Nadia-Baigh-will-work-as-IAS-with-her-anti-national-mindset-_-Will-UPSC-answ.jpg 1224w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-22_23_15-How-Nadia-Baigh-will-work-as-IAS-with-her-anti-national-mindset-_-Will-UPSC-answ-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-22_23_15-How-Nadia-Baigh-will-work-as-IAS-with-her-anti-national-mindset-_-Will-UPSC-answ-1024x727.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-22_23_15-How-Nadia-Baigh-will-work-as-IAS-with-her-anti-national-mindset-_-Will-UPSC-answ-768x545.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-22_23_15-How-Nadia-Baigh-will-work-as-IAS-with-her-anti-national-mindset-_-Will-UPSC-answ-990x703.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1224px) 100vw, 1224px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News has received several requests to fact-check this on WhatsApp (+917600011160) 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<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72555 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/Screenshot-2020-08-07-at-3.46.12-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1652\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/Screenshot-2020-08-07-at-3.46.12-PM.jpg 1652w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/Screenshot-2020-08-07-at-3.46.12-PM-300x116.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/Screenshot-2020-08-07-at-3.46.12-PM-1024x395.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/Screenshot-2020-08-07-at-3.46.12-PM-768x297.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/Screenshot-2020-08-07-at-3.46.12-PM-1536x593.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/Screenshot-2020-08-07-at-3.46.12-PM-990x382.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/Screenshot-2020-08-07-at-3.46.12-PM-1320x510.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1652px) 100vw, 1652px\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>At first glance, we noticed that Twitter account @Nadia_<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Beigh<\/span> spells Nadia&#8217;s last name incorrectly. Nadia&#8217;s last name is spelt as &#8216;Beig&#8217; on the UPSC results. The screenshot below is from the <a href=\"https:\/\/static-nic.akamaized.net\/civilservices\/FR-CSE-2019-040820-ENG.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UPSC&#8217;s official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72557 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-18_52_03-FR-CSE-2019-040820-ENG.pdf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1762\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-18_52_03-FR-CSE-2019-040820-ENG.pdf.jpg 1762w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-18_52_03-FR-CSE-2019-040820-ENG.pdf-300x59.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-18_52_03-FR-CSE-2019-040820-ENG.pdf-1024x200.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-18_52_03-FR-CSE-2019-040820-ENG.pdf-768x150.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-18_52_03-FR-CSE-2019-040820-ENG.pdf-1536x301.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-18_52_03-FR-CSE-2019-040820-ENG.pdf-990x194.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-18_52_03-FR-CSE-2019-040820-ENG.pdf-1320x258.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1762px) 100vw, 1762px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On August 4, <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">@decibel008 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/decibel008\/status\/1290595206564200449\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> a screenshot of a 2017 tweet by @Nadia_Beigh which shows a man&#8217;s picture with the hashtag #NewProfilePic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hi Nadia Congratulations..  congratulations for fooling people &amp; for getting new followers.<\/p>\n<p>Nadia ye tweet delete karna reh gaya.. aage se dhyaan rakhna.. IAS wale dimag use kar<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dkCAs9Hku6\">https:\/\/t.co\/dkCAs9Hku6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jZDDLOXolt\">https:\/\/t.co\/jZDDLOXolt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q517iJfR5O\">pic.twitter.com\/Q517iJfR5O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; decibel (@decibel008) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/decibel008\/status\/1290595206564200449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Twitter user @@decibel008 also shared a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/decibel008\/status\/1290596100580098050\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">screen recording<\/a> of the now-deleted account where, at the 9-second mark, another picture of the same man is visible.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72571 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-19_11_13-21-decibel-on-Twitter_-_previous-ID-@Indolentuser-Screenshots-Screen-recordin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"513\" height=\"883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-19_11_13-21-decibel-on-Twitter_-_previous-ID-@Indolentuser-Screenshots-Screen-recordin.jpg 513w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-19_11_13-21-decibel-on-Twitter_-_previous-ID-@Indolentuser-Screenshots-Screen-recordin-174x300.jpg 174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But the information that irrefutably establishes that @Nadia_<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Beigh<\/span> is a fake account is that the handle&#8217;s previous username was<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> @IndolentUser. This is can be spotted at 18 seconds into the screen recording.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72572 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-19_29_41-14-decibel-on-Twitter_-_previous-ID-@Indolentuser-Screenshots-Screen-recordin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"496\" height=\"938\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-19_29_41-14-decibel-on-Twitter_-_previous-ID-@Indolentuser-Screenshots-Screen-recordin.jpg 496w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-19_29_41-14-decibel-on-Twitter_-_previous-ID-@Indolentuser-Screenshots-Screen-recordin-159x300.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Matching Twitter User IDs<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Every Twitter account has a unique numeric ID which does not change even if the username is altered. The section below explains how we found that @Nadia_<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Beigh and<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> @IndolentUser have the same numeric ID.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Alt News found archived tweets of <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/*\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/nadia_beigh\/*\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Nadia_Beigh<\/a><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> and <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200625122940\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndolentUser\/status\/1276128426286432257\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@IndolentUser<\/a> on Wayback Machine, a digital archive of the world wide web founded by a US-based Internet Archive. As per the archived tweets of @IndolentUser, the username belongs to &#8216;Nayeem&#8217;.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72575 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-19_41_47-\u0646\u0639\u06cc\u0645-_-Nayeem-_-\u0928\u0908\u092e-on-Twitter_-_The-people-of-Jammu-and-Kashmir-are-still-suffe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"755\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-19_41_47-\u0646\u0639\u06cc\u0645-_-Nayeem-_-\u0928\u0908\u092e-on-Twitter_-_The-people-of-Jammu-and-Kashmir-are-still-suffe.jpg 755w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-19_41_47-\u0646\u0639\u06cc\u0645-_-Nayeem-_-\u0928\u0908\u092e-on-Twitter_-_The-people-of-Jammu-and-Kashmir-are-still-suffe-300x129.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"><strong>Step 2: <\/strong>We accessed HTML source codes of the archived web pages of <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200804085002\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nadia_Beigh\/status\/1290570555523923968\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Nadia_Beigh&#8217;s<\/a>\u00a0tweet on August 4 and <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200625122940\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndolentUser\/status\/1276128426286432257\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@IndolentUser&#8217;s<\/a>\u00a0tweet on July 25. The HTML source code can be viewed by right-clicking on the website, then selecting &#8216;View Page Source&#8217; as shown below.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72606 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-07-22_21_59-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"280\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3: <\/strong>We performed a keyword search using the syntax &#8216;data-user-id&#8217; on the respective source pages (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200804085002\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nadia_Beigh\/status\/1290570555523923968\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Nadia_Beigh<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200625122940\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndolentUser\/status\/1276128426286432257\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@IndolentUser<\/a>) and found that both Twitter users have the same numeric Twitter ID &#8216;1860799123&#8217;.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-72544 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/GS1a.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"912\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/GS1a.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/GS1a.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/GS1a-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/GS1a-1024x486.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/GS1a-768x365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/GS1a-1536x730.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/GS1a-990x470.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/GS1a-1320x627.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/GS2b.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1918\" height=\"935\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/GS2b.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/GS2b.jpg 1918w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/GS2b-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/GS2b-1024x499.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/GS2b-768x374.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/GS2b-1536x749.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/GS2b-990x483.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/GS2b-1320x643.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1918px) 100vw, 1918px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Thus, @Nadia_Beigh<\/span> was an imposter account of Kashmiri woman Nadia Beig who cracked the 2019 UPSC examinations. The account was believed be to authentic by several social media users including Congress member <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SalmanNizami_\/status\/1290584307359088640?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Salman Nizami<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrityunjayTalks\/status\/1290593558848774144\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archived link<\/a>).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sixteen people from Jammu &amp; Kashmir and Ladakh cleared the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examinations 2019, as per media reports. The results were declared on August 4. News18 reported that two candidates from North Kashmir&#8217;s Kupwara district, Nadia Beig and Aftab Rasool, also cleared the exams. Two days later, several Facebook and Twitter users [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":72624,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,55],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[682,21],"class_list":["post-72544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-religion","fact_checks_claim_type-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fake Twitter account impersonates Kashmiri woman Nadia Beig who cleared UPSC exam - 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=\"Fake Twitter account impersonates Kashmiri woman Nadia Beig who cleared UPSC exam - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sixteen people from Jammu &amp; Kashmir and Ladakh cleared the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examinations 2019, as per media reports. 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