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So this report was published in TOI on 20 April - ‘Five Muslim men organise last rites of Hindu man shunned by neighbours’
The family of the deceased reached out to me, saying it’s completely FALSE, has made them a laughing stock and harmed their reputation
Report shortly
The family of the deceased reached out to me, saying it’s completely FALSE, has made them a laughing stock and harmed their reputation
Report shortly
Soon after the report was published in TOI and a Telugu paper, a close relative of the deceased called up one of those Muslim men praised in the reports
The audio recording has been shared with me by deceased's son
This is a small part of it. Listen to it, it's shocking
The audio recording has been shared with me by deceased's son
This is a small part of it. Listen to it, it's shocking
My exclusive report: Family of Hindu man refutes report that Muslims organised his last rites, says the ‘fake news’ made them laughing stock.
I have included
- statement of deceased’s son, and brother quoted by TOI
- audio of Muslim men accepting it https://swarajyamag.com/politics/family-of-hindu-man-refutes-report-that-muslims-organised-his-last-rites-says-fake-news-made-them-laughing-stock
I have included
- statement of deceased’s son, and brother quoted by TOI
- audio of Muslim men accepting it https://swarajyamag.com/politics/family-of-hindu-man-refutes-report-that-muslims-organised-his-last-rites-says-fake-news-made-them-laughing-stock
The deceased's son sent me his video statement. It's in Telugu and I got it translated and included in my report.
Somebody just alerted me that this fact check has been done by a Telangana news portal too https://www.telanganamata.com/fact-check-no-muslim-men-did-not-do-last-rites-of-a-hindu-ktr-quotes-false-story-from-print-media-says-ganga-jamuna-tehzeeb/
