The Aug 9 'rape & murder' of a doctor in the state-run R G Kar hospital in Kolkata sent shock waves across the country. Over the past month, even as we awaited answers from the probe agencies, Alt News debunked several unverified theories & social media claims about the crime.
Just as the horrific incident hit the headlines, a section of social media users claimed that some senior doctors were involved in the commissioning of the crime. Three names were floated: Dr Arshean Alam, Dr Golam Azam, Dr Tania Yasmin. Alt News debunked each of these claims.
Dr Arshean Alam could not be involved in the commissioning of the crime. We independently verified his whereabouts at the time of the alleged rape & murder. CCTV evidence proves he was at his home. Read the full story here: altnews.in/arshean-alam-s…
Dr Golam Azam: Testimonies of multiple people corroborated that Azam, dubbed on social media as 'one of the culprits', was not in the emergency building between 4 & 5 am, the time of the crime according to the investigation findings. More in this report:
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Tania Yasmin: There is no evidence to suggest the involvement of someone by that name. No Tania Yasmin was interrogated at any stage. Neither could our sources in the hospital identify her. The photo of an OT technician lifted from LinkedIn went viral: altnews.in/tania-yasmin-p…
The theory that several individuals were involved in the crime was backed by 2 unverified claims. 1. 150 grams of semen in the victim's body. It was even mentioned in the Supreme Court. Alt News found this was a misinterpretation of the post-mortem report: altnews.in/150-gram-semen…
The other unverified claim on social media in support of the multiple-perpetrators theory was that the victim's pelvic girdle & hyoid bone were fractured. The PM report said no fractures were found though there were several external & internal injuries: altnews.in/pelvic-girdle-…
Even as people in Kolkata and beyond hit the streets seeking justice, a mob went on the rampage at R G Kar on midnight of August 15. It was claimed that the seminar room on the third floor, the place of occurrence, was destroyed. This was FALSE: altnews.in/seminar-room-a…
Amid the outrage across the country, the 'news' of the rape & murder of a university student named Ankita Bauri in Bengal's Burdwan town went viral. Cops confirmed that no such incident had happened; it was a rumour. Read the full report here: altnews.in/the-news-of-an…
Supreme Court took up the matter & a CJI-led Bench started hearing the case. Nupur J Sharma, editor of a propaganda outlet, made the FALSE claim that SC said the crime scene had been altered. In reality, this was an observation made by the CBI counsel: altnews.in/supreme-court-…
As protests spread, a video of a dancing girl went viral. Some users, many of them linked with the Trinamool Congress, claimed it was a scene from a BJP-organised protest & called it 'sickening'. We found it was a village fair in Bengal with no BJP-link: altnews.in/woman-dancing-…
As the clamour grew for R G Kar ex-principal Sandip Ghosh's arrest, a photo went viral, which the social media claimed, showed Sanjay Roy, the prime accused in the rape-murder, cutting a cake alongside Ghosh. This was FALSE. Find out more in this report: altnews.in/sanjay-roy-cut…
Kanchan Gupta, who claims to be an advisor to the Union I&B ministry, shared a clip falsely claiming that Rajdeep Sardesai had dismissed the rape & murder in Kolkata. The video that Gupta shared was from last year. It can't be related to the present case: altnews.in/kolkata-rg-kar…
The BJP IT cell chief, Amit Malviya, was not to be left behind. He shared a video clip from a candlelight vigil in Dhaka calling it a scene from protests in Kolkata. The clip went crazily viral. Here is the #AltNewsFactCheck of Malviya's false claim: altnews.in/video-from-ban…
Facts matter. That's why #AltNews matters. Keep supporting us so that we can separate facts from fiction and present to you a healthy information ecosystem. Think before you amplify something seen on social media, particularly if it's related to something so sensitive.
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