This story is from November 19, 2020

Two scribes accused of spreading fake news in Fatehpur, FIR lodged

An FIR was lodged against two journalists in Fatehpur district for allegedly spreading fake news on Twitter about alleged rape and murder of two minor dalit girls on Thursday.
Two scribes accused of spreading fake news in Fatehpur, FIR lodged
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LUCKNOW: An FIR was lodged against two journalists in Fatehpur district for allegedly spreading fake news on Twitter about alleged rape and murder of two minor dalit girls on Thursday.
The FIR has been lodged against one Dhara Singh Yadav and a journalist of a news channel. The complaint was lodged by station officer of Asothar, Ranjeet Bahadur Singh.
Singh, in his FIR, alleged that he was on patrol duty in Chichni village and Bala Bala town when it came to light that a private channel journalist and Dhara Singh Yadav were spreading fake news on Twitter about the killing of two minor girls in the area.

“While the girls had died trying to pluck water chestnut from a lake, the two journalists were spreading fake news to create animosity between the Dalit and other communities. The journalists were spreading baseless news on Twitter that the girls’ bodies were thrown in the lake with their hands and legs tied and that they were raped and their eyes taken out. This was leading to enmity between the Dalit community and other groups,” he said.
He cited the post-mortem report which stated that the minor girls died due to drowning and no damage was caused to their eyes or other body parts.
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