“5 Hindus were caught raping a half-burnt dead body in the Sikar district of Rajasthan”
What FACTLY found
Sikar Police through a tweet clarified that the news reported by the ‘Asianet News Hindi’ is false. As per the police officials, three days after the cremation of a woman, an outsider, who came to meet his acquaintance, was beaten up by the villagers on suspicion of performing tantric rituals with the corpse. Sikar Police in the tweet emphasized that no such heinous activity as rape was detected in the incident
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 30 April 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 2 May 2023, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/mustufa.ahmad.9279/posts/pfbid05XuKugQtHHe7cQtbcGinJ7VNdLy7jWE3K…
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.