“A recent news clipping reporting the rape and murder of a 5-year-old girl at a temple on the pretext of Kanya Puja”
What FACTLY found
The newspaper clipping shared in the post is at least three years old. The incident took place in 2019 in Sector 14 of Panchkula city in Haryana. On the pretext of performing Kanya Puja, the accused Lakhpat took the 5-year-old girl to a secluded place, molested her and threw the dead body in a forest after crushing her head with a big stone. The accused was a labourer and the incident did not take place inside a temple
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 3 October 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 7 October 2022, 4 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
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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.