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Vishvas NewsCrime & justice

పంజాబ్‌లో మహిళా కానిస్టేబుల్‌ హత్యకు గురైన పోలీసులు హత్రాస్‌పై మాత్రమే రాజకీయాలు చేస్తారా? రాజస్థాన్, ఛత్తీస్‌గఢ్‌లలో ప్రతిరోజూ అత్యాచార ఘటనలు జరుగుతున్నాయి, కుమార్తెలకు భద్రత లేదు.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The post at issue used a photograph of a woman in police uniform and alleged that a Punjab constable had been raped and murdered, criticizing politicians for focusing on Hathras and asserting that women were unsafe in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. Vishvas News checked the photograph and the identity details shared with it, rather than treating the post’s accompanying political commentary as evidence. Its review says the constable shown had died in a road accident, not in a rape and murder. The review reports that the image included an ID card naming the woman as Nomi, giving her rank as L/Constable and identifying her workplace as Amritsar. Vishvas News says it searched for “Nomi + constable + Amritsar” and found reports about a woman constable of that name dying after her scooter collided with a Scorpio on October 1. It notes that the reports it found did not mention rape. For further confirmation, the review says it contacted Dainik Jagran’s Amritsar reporter Nitin Dhiman. He confirmed that the woman in the viral photograph was an Amritsar constable who died in a road accident, and said the claim of rape and murder was false. This directly contradicts the post’s central allegation about the pictured constable; the review does not independently establish the post’s broader assertions about rape incidents or women’s safety in the named states.

Deutsche Presse-AgenturCrime & justice

Männer in Uniformen mit dem Logo der niederländischen Eisenbahn überwältigen eine junge Frau, drücken sie auf den Boden. Ein Video mit dieser Szene kursiert im Internet. Eine Facebook-Nutzerin aus Berlin stellt einen Zusammenhang mit dem Tragen von Mund-Nase-Masken her: «Das Mädchen trägt wegen Asthma keinen Maulkorb», heißt es in ihrem Post (archiviert - Video).

Publisher’s rating: Der Verweis auf die Mund-Nase-Bedeckung ist völlig unbegründet. In dem Video ist davon keine Rede. Die Eisenbahngesellschaft spricht davon, dass die Frau sich einer Ticketkontrolle entziehen wollte.

The video and Facebook post concern an incident involving a young woman and security staff wearing Dutch railway-company uniforms. The post linked the woman’s reported asthma to her not wearing a mask. The review examined what the video shows and what was reported about the incident; it says the woman and the guards are all without masks, and that she repeatedly says she has asthma. But the video does not say that asthma is why she is not wearing a mask: the review notes that this explanation is never mentioned in the filmed scene. The review identifies the incident as taking place at Zaandam station on 28 September 2020. According to Nederlandse Spoorwegen, the woman and a young man were stopped for a ticket check after passing together through an exit intended for one passenger at a time. The company said the man ran off and the woman resisted further questioning. The review also reports that railway security staff said she shouted, kicked employees and bit one of them. Police Noord-Holland confirmed to the agency that railway officers filed a complaint alleging resistance and assault; the review does not present those allegations as a court finding. The mask connection is also unsupported by the location shown in the video. The review explains that masks were required on public transport in the Netherlands, but on platforms and in station halls they were only recommended; it says the video was filmed outside the areas where masks were recommended. Thus neither the footage nor the stated circumstances establish that the woman was maskless because of asthma or that a mask rule explains the confrontation.

YouturnCrime & justice

சிபிஜ சட்டமாவது மயிறாவது.. இங்க நாங்க வைக்கிறது தான் சட்டம்.. எங்க கால்ல விழுந்து மன்னிப்பு கேட்டா மேல் கொண்டு வாழ விடுவோம் னு பாதிக்கப்பட்ட குடும்பத்தினரை போலீஸ் முண்ணிலையிலே மிரட்டும் ஹத்ராஸ் கிராமத்தை சேர்ந்த உயர் ஜாதி தாக்கூர் இளைஞன். இவ்வளவு தான் உ.பி.

Publisher’s rating: MIX

YouturnCrime & justice

பஞ்சாப் போலீஸ் நோமி (கிறிஸ்தவ பெண்) அமிர்தசரஸில் கற்பழித்து கொலை. அந்த இந்திய செய்தித்தாள் கேட்க வருத்தமாக இருக்கிறது, பத்திரிகையாளர், சோஷியல் மீடியா இந்த #JusticeforNomi நியாயத்தில் அமைதியாக இருக்கிறது. ஆதாரம்: லியாங்மாய் போஸ்ட்

Publisher’s rating: Fake

FACTLYCrime & justice

UP stands in first position among other states with respect to various aspects of crimes, like crime against women, children etc

Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING

The post claimed Uttar Pradesh ranked first among states across various crime measures, including crimes against women and children. FACTLY examined the claim against the National Crime Records Bureau’s Crime in India 2019 report, comparing state totals across the categories named in the post and considering crime rates as well as raw counts. Its findings show that Uttar Pradesh did lead in some categories, but not in all of them. Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest number of reported crimes against women among states in 2019: 59,853, compared with Rajasthan’s 41,550 and Maharashtra’s 37,144. It also ranked first for cases registered under the POCSO Act, with 3,383; Madhya Pradesh followed with 3,349 and Maharashtra with 3,161. But Rajasthan had the most reported rape cases, at 5,997, while Uttar Pradesh was second with 3,065. For crimes against children overall, the three highest state totals were Maharashtra (19,592), Madhya Pradesh (19,028) and Uttar Pradesh (18,943), so Uttar Pradesh was third. The review also explains why raw totals do not establish that Uttar Pradesh had the highest crime burden relative to its population: it describes the state as the country’s most populous and reports 55.4 crimes against women per lakh population, below the cited national average of 61.3. It further notes that Uttar Pradesh ranked eleventh among states by this rate. Thus, the first-place claim is too broad: the review’s evidence supports first place for particular counts, not across the range of crime measures, and population-adjusted figures give a different comparison.