Fact check- The viral image of a padlocked grave is from Hyderabad, not Pakistan скачать в хорошем качестве

Fact check- The viral image of a padlocked grave is from Hyderabad, not Pakistan

On 29 April, News Agency ANI tweeted an image of padlocked grave claiming that a Pakistani parent locked their daughters' graves to avoid rape. The agency also published a report citing the Daily Times editorial on the rise in necrophilia cases in Pakistan https://archive.is/S1sZw#selection-43... Several major Indian media outlets published ANI’s report using the same image. It included Hindustan Times, Times of India, Mirror Now, ThePrint, India Today, Times Now, DNA India, ABP News, and Firstpost. The image was initially shared on Twitter by an ex-Muslim Harris Sultan who claimed that the grave was locked, as parents in Pakistan wanted to save their dead daughters from being raped. Ground report NewsMeter found that the graveyard is in Hyderabad, India. NewsMeter visited the Darab Jung colony, Madannapet, Saidabad in Hyderabad and found that the viral image shows the grave of the deceased 65-year-old Zaheen Begum Woman who died in July 2020. This grave is located at the entrance, resulting in many stepping onto the grave. Thus the family members installed the padlock in October 2020. "This is my mother's graveyard, and we had to keep a grill and lock it because many of them are stepping on the grave to enter the burial ground. Also, some of them are throwing waste materials, including sanitary napkins, into the graveyard. Unfortunately, it is our Muslim community people who throw garbage into this.", said Mir-Muzzafar Hashmi the Second son of the deceased to NewsMeter. Website: https://newsmeter.in/ Make sure to also follow us on our social media websites Facebook:   / newsmeter   Twitter:   / newsmeter_in   Instagram:   / newsmeter_in   For any further queries you can mail us at [email protected]