“Photos depicting the transformation of a woman before and after an acid attack, linked to alleged Love Jihad”
Social media posts
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The woman in the photograph is Resham Khan. She and her cousin, both Muslims, were attacked by a person named John Tomlin in June 2017 in East London. The assailant surrendered and was charged with 16 years of imprisonment. The victims had no previous engagement with the attacker, and the police treated it as a hate crime
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 2 June 2023. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/romiyo.abhisekpathak/posts/pfbid02YXmqvx8TEjBYrEbnwfjG5NZrh8ViyY…
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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.