Journalist @AltNews. Very Bengali. Email- shinjinee@altnews.in
Mar 14 • 28 tweets • 10 min read
As Squint Neon is reportedly under police glare, here's a THREAD on his online activities.
Last year, @thesquind pioneered the trend of targeting interfaith couples on social media, inciting vicious online attacks on his ‘victims’ altnews.in/squint-neon-a-…
The modus operandi of his ‘vigilantism’ includes looking for interfaith couples on social media, and amplifying their pictures, often taken from Instagram, through his Twitter account which typically has a huge following.
Mar 5 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
THREAD
RW propaganda website OpIndia has referenced a fact-check co-written by me and @meh_nayak for Alt News in Sep 2022 claiming that PZ slogans were raised at a PFI rally. Our story debunked the claim, confirming that the slogan raised was actually 'Popular Front Zindabad'
Link to said story- altnews.in/pfi-protest-me…
May 19, 2023 • 21 tweets • 10 min read
THREAD
Azad Singh Arya, a gun-wielding Acharya & chief of Vishwa Hindu Parishad Haryana, is described by Monu Manesar as ‘the soul of Gau Raksha Dal Haryana’ & a mentor & guru. He's now an accused in the alleged kidnapping and murder of Nasir and Junaid. altnews.in/acharya-azad-s…
According to reports, the chargesheet submitted by Bharatpur police in the Nasir-Junaid case names 30 people, including Azad Arya and Monu Manesar
Mar 29, 2023 • 26 tweets • 10 min read
THREAD
Suspended BJP MLA T Raja Singh attended several rallies in Maharashtra in the past month, where he delivered vitriolic speeches and made open calls for violence and boycott against Muslims. The many FIRs against him failed to deter him.
Shrirampur, March 10:
T Raja is heard addressing Muslims as ‘Landya’ (a slur) several times.
“Jo bhi landya Love Jihad karega, arey beta tum aadhe kate ho, pure kaat denge", Singh is heard telling the sizeable crowd as he is met with a huge round of applause.
Feb 23, 2023 • 13 tweets • 8 min read
THREAD
As news of Junaid & Nasir's death broke, Monu Manesar released a statement denying any role of Bajrang Dal in the incident.
Alt News dug into the social media accounts of two of the accused in this case and found many strong links to the outfit, and to Monu Manesar.
Rinku Saini, an accused in the case, was arrested on February 17.
There are several posts on Facebook congratulating Rinku on becoming the chief of the cow protection team for Bajrang Dal Mewat at a provincial meeting in Kurukshetra. All these posts are from January 22 and 23.
Nov 8, 2022 • 13 tweets • 6 min read
THREAD: Around Nov 4, Sudipto Sen's promo for the upcoming film #TheKeralaStory was trending. He shared the clip and wrote, "Soon u’ll get to see a film which u never imagined, in ur remotest imagination."
Why was #TheKeralaStory trending? There is a tested appetite for such films. More specifically, the actress can be heard saying that 32,000 girls have been converted to Islam and sent to Syria and Yemen.
Sep 19, 2022 • 8 tweets • 5 min read
THREAD:
BJP leaders @amitmalviya and @TajinderBagga tweeted a clip with a misleading claim and yet again spread misinformation after Nabanna Abhijan took a violent turn on Sept 13. Here is a fact-check for @AltNews by @Indra_Calcutta and myself.
At the Chittpore crossing, a few steps from the famous Royal Indian Hotel, BJP supporters clashed with police. They beat up an unarmed ACP and fractured his arm. They also set a PCR van ablaze. All this was caught on camera.