Tailor Kanhaiya Lal was brutally murdered by two men in Udaipur, Rajasthan for posting WhatsApp status in support of Nupur Sharma. After this incident, there was a ruckus in the whole country. Demonstrations were held at many places across the country. At the same time, after this brutal incident, the police took immediate action and arrested both the accused and registered a case against them under UAPA, as well an investigation is going on from all angles. Meanwhile, Muslim organizations across the country have unanimously condemned the incident.
At the same time, a screengrab of a news bulletin of ABP News is going viral on social media. In this Facebook screengrab, it can be seen that news of Kanhaiya Lal’s murder in Udaipur is being run by ABP News, on which users with Muslim names have given a laughing reaction.
Investigation
We investigated this viral screengrab. We saw the portion of the news clip of ABP News on Facebook where such laughing reactions were given. We found that most of the users who gave laughing reactions are residents of the neighboring country Pakistan. Here we are giving you 2 collages of Pakistani users giving a laughing reaction.
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Apart from this, it has also come to the fore in our investigation that there were many profiles that were created only a few days ago. Apart from this, many users had locked their profiles while hiding their identities. The collage of such users are given below.
Conclusion:
We found that Indian Muslim organizations have condemned the Udaipur incident. Describing this incident as horrific, everyone has demanded strict punishment against both the accused. On the other hand, having a Muslim Facebook ID name and posting laughing reactions in the screengrab should not be taken as Indian Muslims. Because they were Pakistani users.
