A newspaper clipping showing an advertisement is viral on social media, claiming to show the beneficiaries of the NEET-UG paper leak. The image is being shared with the claim that it lists the names, scores, and photos of individuals who gained from the leak. Social media users have also highlighted that the majority of those featured in the ad appear to be Muslims, insinuating that Muslims orchestrated the paper leak or gained from it.
Sharing the above-mentioned image, X user Bharathiya Citizen 🇮🇳 (@LawAcademics) wrote in the caption: "The above photos are NEET ENTRANCE QUESTION PAPER LEAK BENEFICIARYS, JUST LOOK N GUESS WHO N WHICH RELIGION THER ARE? All Muslims only". The tweet has received more than 10 Lakh views and has been retweeted over 6,800 times. (Archive)
Chief editor of propaganda outlet Sudarshan News Suresh Chavhanke (@SureshChavhanke) also shared the viral image described it as 'pariksha jihad' (exam jihad). (Archive)
Premium subscribed X user ANUPAM MISHRA (@scribe9104), who describes himself as an 'engineer- turned-lawyer-turned-journalist' in his bio, shared the viral image wit a similar claim. The tweet has received more than 2.67 Lakh views and has been retweeted over 4,900 times. (Archive)
Several other users shared the same image with the same claim. Below are a few such instances.
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Fact Check
We found that under @LawAcademics' tweet, many commentators had pointed out that his claim was false. Some had also tagged the Kerala police.
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We further came across a quote-tweet by زماں (@Delhiite_) where the user had mentioned that the image was an advertisement by Universal Institute, Kottakkal, Kerala, featuring NEET 2024 toppers.
Probing further, we found that the newspaper clipping was from the Mathrubhumi newspaper's Trivandrum edition. At the bottom of the ad, one can see the mention of Universal Institute Kotakkal. At the top, it says, "Kottakal Universal Institute Makes Waves in Kerala on Silver Jubilee".
To further verify the same, we checked the website of the institute and found the same list of images and names under the 'announcements' section for NEET 2024.
The ad can also be seen on Mathrubhumi epaper.
Alt News reached out to the academic director of the institute, Abdul Hameed, who confirmed that this was a newspaper advertisement of the NEET 2024 toppers from the coaching centre. He added that the reason majority of the students featured in the ad were from the Muslim community was that the institute was located in the Malabar region of Kerala which had a Muslim-majority population. He further pointed out that students from other communities, too, featured in the toppers' list.
Hameed told Alt news that they had registered a complaint with Kerala police against those who spread misinformation regarding the newspaper advertisement.
As per the 2011 Census data, Muslims constitute 72.99% of the population of Kotakkal town of Kerala and Hindus 26.13%.
To sum up, the claim that the viral newspaper clipping features images and names of the beneficiaries of the NEET-UG paper leak is false.
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