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| The Indian news of declaring the grave as Pakistani proved to be wrong |
Thus, it has been 75 years since the partition of India and Pakistan, but even today, even if there is no political conflict, sometimes a movie or an important event is discussed.
However, for the last few days, there was a discussion in the Indian media about a grave with a green gate on it, and it was often reported by Indian media platforms that this is actually a grave in Pakistan with a gate. The purpose of the application is to protect women from rape after death.
However, after the research done by Alt News, a fact-checking platform in India, it has been found that it was a piece of fake news and this grave is actually located in a cemetery in the city of Hyderabad, Deccan, India.
These media platforms are not only being criticized on Indian social media for publishing this news without verification but also criticized for a certain attitude towards publishing news regarding negative news about Pakistan. is going
Several news platforms in India including the News Agency of India ANI, NDTV, World in One News, Hindustan Times, The Times of India, and India Today among other digital news platforms shared the news.
The tweet cited by most of these platforms was by a Twitter user, Haris Sultan, who, after fact-checking by Alt News, apologized and deleted his tweet. was
The news agency ANI has also published an explanation while withdrawing its news.
The BBC has not been able to independently confirm this, but let's find out what facts have come out in a fact-check by Alt News.
Why was a net placed on this grave in the city of Hyderabad, India?
The case started when a photo was shared on social media of a grave with a green net made of iron bars and locked with a padlock.
After this picture was shared on social media, some tweets started claiming that this picture is not only from Pakistan but now, even after the death of women, people have become so afraid of rape that they have put nets and nets on the graves. The doors have started to be installed.
The same claim was repeated in the tweets used by the Indian media to publish this news. Research was done after which the facts started coming out one by one.
Alt News' investigation revealed that this grave is actually located in a graveyard in Hyderabad, India. This cemetery is located in front of Masjid-e Salar Malik in Darab Jang Colony of the Madanapat area.
On behalf of the institution, a social worker in the area, Abdul Jalil, talked about, who went to the grave with the mosque's muezzin and made a video. In this video, the muezzin is telling that the issue of installing this net was discussed before the committee of the mosque.
The Muezzin said that one of the reasons for installing this mesh was that there have been some incidents in which people have dug up existing graves and buried the dead there. The second reason was that because this grave is located at the entrance of the cemetery, the relatives were also afraid that people would not run over it.
According to Alt News, the woman to whom this grave belongs was around 70 years old and it was made of iron bars and it was installed by Jali's son.
Why would an Indian defend Pakistan?
After Alt News founder Muhammad Zubair fact-checked this news, while many people in India are praising him and questioning journalism in India, many people are accusing Muhammad Zubair of 'defending Pakistan'. Criticizing.
It should be noted that in the growing trend of fake news and divided political atmosphere in India, journalist Muhammad Zubair and his organization Alt News are usually criticized from different quarters.
Last year, Delhi Police arrested Muhammad Zubair on charges of 'hurting religious sentiments'. He made this news public through Twitter in addition to bringing to the fore the negative statements about the Prophet of Islam in a TV program by the former spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Nupur Sharma.
This is why many users in India are criticizing Muhammad Zubair for fact-checking the news and accusing him of diverting attention from the alleged abuse of dead bodies from graves in Pakistan. trying to