{"id":77069,"date":"2020-10-05T14:36:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T09:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=77069"},"modified":"2020-10-05T15:24:38","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T09:54:38","slug":"punjab-woman-constables-death-in-road-accident-given-rape-murder-spin-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/punjab-woman-constables-death-in-road-accident-given-rape-murder-spin-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjab woman constable&#8217;s death in road accident given rape-murder spin on social media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Photographs of the dead body of a woman constable have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Missamari007\/posts\/457136095225338\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">widely shared on social media<\/a> with the claim that she was raped and murdered in Congress-ruled Punjab. The pictures are circulating against the backdrop of the alleged rape in Uttar Pradesh&#8217;s Hathras, which is under the Bharatiya Janata Party&#8217;s rule.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=1796602440489134&amp;id=100004181857086\" data-show-text=\"true\" data-width=\"\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=1796602440489134&amp;id=100004181857086\"><p>#\u092a\u094d\u0930\u093f\u092f\u0902\u0915\u093e \u0917\u093e\u0902\u0927\u0940 \u0935\u093e\u0921\u094d\u0930\u093e \u092f\u0939 \u092d\u0940 \u090f\u0915 \u092e\u0939\u093f\u0932\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0926\u0947\u0916\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0906\u092a\u0915\u0947 \u092e\u0941\u0902\u0939 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091c\u0941\u092c\u093e\u0928 \u0939\u0948 \u092f\u093e \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902\u0964<br \/>\n\u092a\u0902\u091c\u093e\u092c \u092b\u0924\u0947\u0939\u0917\u095d \u091a\u0941\u0930\u093f\u092f\u0928 \u0930\u094b\u0921 \u092f\u093e\u0930\u094d\u0921 \u0936\u0902\u0917\u0928\u093e&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/Raju-Das-Ayodhya\/100004181857086\">Raju Das Ayodhya<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=1796602440489134&amp;id=100004181857086\">Friday, 2 October 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">The claim adds that she was dumped on the roadside in Fatehgarh Churain near Sangatpura village.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092a\u0902\u091c\u093e\u092c \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092a\u0941\u0932\u093f\u0938 \u092e\u0939\u093f\u0932\u093e \u0915\u093e\u0902\u0938\u094d\u091f\u0947\u092c\u0932 \u0915\u0940 \u0939\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e..<\/p>\n<p>\u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u092a\u0941\u0932\u093f\u0938 \u092d\u0940 \u0938\u0941\u0930\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093f\u0924 \u0928\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948.. \u0938\u093f\u0930\u094d\u092b \u0939\u093e\u0925\u0930\u0938 \u092a\u0930 \u0930\u093e\u091c\u0928\u0940\u0924\u093f \u0915\u0930\u0947\u0902\u0917\u0947..<br \/>\n\u0930\u093e\u091c\u0938\u094d\u0925\u093e\u0928, \u091b\u0924\u094d\u0924\u0940\u0938\u0917\u0922\u093c \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0906\u092f\u0947 \u0926\u093f\u0928 \u092c\u0932\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0940 \u0918\u091f\u0928\u093e\u090f\u0902 \u0939\u094b \u0930\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u0902, \u092c\u0947\u091f\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0902 \u0938\u0941\u0930\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093f\u0924 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0939\u0948\u0902\u0964 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/90kTgGdGA8\">pic.twitter.com\/90kTgGdGA8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Veere Vishal (@VeereVishal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VeereVishal\/status\/1312023319332364290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Fact check<\/h3>\n<p>The constable&#8217;s identification card has also been shared which says that her name was Nomi, D\/O Salim Masih from Amristar. This led us to several media reports. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tribuneindia.com\/news\/amritsar\/woman-cop-dies-in-road-accident-149558#:~:text=A%20woman%20police%20constable%2C%20Nomi,in%20the%20wee%20hours%20today.&amp;text=She%20died%20on%20the%20spot%20while%20the%20accused%20fled%20the%20spot\">Tribune India<\/a>, constable Nomi died on the spot after her scooter was hit by a speedy Mahindra Scorpio SUV near Sangatpura village on October 1.<\/p>\n<p>The incident was also reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/punjab.punjabkesari.in\/punjab\/news\/accident-women-died-1252668\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Punjab Kesari<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.punjabijagran.com\/punjab\/amritsar-road-accident-8821800.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Punjab Jagran<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A verified Punjabi YouTube channel uploaded a video report on the incident where the photographs currently viral were featured.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CfGb6Bkx0UA\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CfGb6Bkx0UA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>An earlier fact-check report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aajtak.in\/fact-check\/story\/fact-check-punjab-police-lady-constable-death-viral-post-social-media-afwa-1139738-2020-10-03\">Aaj Tak<\/a> carries Amritsar commissioner&#8217;s statement. &#8220;The claim of rape and murder is absolutely baseless as the woman constable died in a road accident. She was working in the MSK branch of Amritsar District Police.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pictures of a woman constable who died in a road accident in Punjab are viral with the false claim that she was raped and murdered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photographs of the dead body of a woman constable have been widely shared on social media with the claim that she was raped and murdered in Congress-ruled Punjab. 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