A screengrab of a post by news outlet 'The Lallantop' is doing the rounds on social media. It states, "Father, uncle and grandfather arrested for raping minor in UP, girl two-month pregnant." While sharing it, users claimed that Lallantop had purposefully not named the accused as they were Muslims.
Verified X user Acharya Ankur Arya, who also runs the propaganda YouTube channel 'Satya Sanatan', shared the screenshot with the same claim. (Archived link)
Verified X users @VairagiUvaaCH and @jav_j21 also shared the screenshot with similar claims. (Archived link 1, Link 2)
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The Claim was Viral in December 2024 as well
In December 2024, verified X user @ocjain4, who has been often found spreading false and misleading information on social media, accused 'The Lallantop' of hiding the truth and shared the same screenshot, claiming that the perpetrators were Muslims. He also claimed that the accused father's name was Sadiq, the uncle was named Tariq, and identified the grandfather as Saddam. (Archived link)
Fact Check
We performed a keyword search and found the post on The Lallantop's Facebook page on December 29, 2024. The news article related to this incident has been provided in the comments section of the post.
यूपी: नाबालिग से रेप के आरोप में पापा, चाचा और दादा गिरफ्तार, दो महीने की प्रेग्नेंट हो गई लड़की
कॉमेंट बॉक्स में पूरी जानकारी
Posted by The Lallantop on Friday 27 December 2024
According to the report, a minor girl in the Auraiya district of Uttar Pradesh, along with a female relative (her aunt), on December 26, 2024 lodged a complaint accusing the minor's grandfather, father, and uncle of sexual abuse. This report contained details about the incident but the names of the accused were not mentioned.
Readers should note that the higher judiciary has repeatedly made the observation that identities of rape victims can't be disclosed by the media directly or indirectly. This includes revealing the names of their relatives. See the following TOI report, for instance:
Upon further investigation, we came across reports by Live Hindustan and Dainik Bhaskar covering the alleged crime. According to these articles, FIRs under several IPC sections, including the POCSO Act, had been registered and the three accused, the 60-year-old grandfather, 40-year-old father and 35-year-old uncle of the minor, were arrested.
According to the statement given by the victim to the police in the report, her parents had a fight about 10 to 12 years ago. Following this, she left for New Delhi with her mother. About four years ago, her father and uncle went to Delhi and took her back to their village. After a few months, her grandfather, father and uncle began sexually abusing her. Her mother had died about one and a half year back.
The report further states that on December 22, 2024, the trio attempted to kill the victim. She managed to escape and reached her aunt.
We also found a video-recorded statement by additional SP Alok Mishra on the Auraiya Police's X handle speaking on this incident. He stated that a case had been registered against the accused under Sections 64 (F), 65 (1) and 232 (2) of the BNS and the accused were arrested by adding the relevant sections of the POCSO Act.
थाना बिधूना क्षेत्र अंतर्गत एक नाबालिग के साथ हुए दुष्कर्म के संबंध में अपर पुलिस अधीक्षक औरैया द्वारा दी गई बाइट- https://t.co/gDdsVJP7EA pic.twitter.com/PtNvLDS3wc
Alt News reached out to Auraiya additional SP Alok Mishra. He described this incident as old and said, "All the accused and the victim are Hindus and from the same family." He also clarified that the viral communal claims were false.
To sum up, the incident of sexual abuse of a minor girl by her grandfather, father and uncle in Uttar Pradesh is actually from December 2024. All three accused and the victim are Hindus. Social media users have falsely claimed it to be a recent incident, accusing 'The Lallantop' of hiding the truth.
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