A video purporting to show a distressed 12-year-old Hindu girl from the Lower Caste of Harijan who was thrown close to a Gujarati jungle after being gang-raped by a group of Hindu men has gone viral.
South Asian Files (“@saNewsDaily“) tweeted “12-year-old #Harijan Lower Caste #Hindu girl, Jamna Kumari, was reportedly gang-raped by a pack of Hindu men and thrown near the jungle in #Gujarat. #Dalits are treated worse than animals in #India. #iubb #INDvAUS #BBB24 #EcuadorBajoAtaque” on Jan 10, 2024.
12-year-old #Harijan Lower Caste #Hindu girl, Jamna Kumari, was reportedly gang-raped by a pack of Hindu men and thrown near the jungle in #Gujarat.#Dalits are treated worse than animals in #India.#iubb #INDvAUS #BBB24 #EcuadorBajoAtaque pic.twitter.com/Pv9vMuGnjm
— South Asian Files (@saNewsDaily) January 10, 2024
Several other accounts, including Crime Reports India (“@AsianDigest“), @PajetWorldOrder, @FrwaChaudhry also made the same claim that a group of Hindu men gang-raped 12-year-old Harijan Lower Caste Hindu girl Jamna Kumari and threw her close to the Gujarati jungle. The archive can be read from above.
What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact
This is an old video from Pakistan showing two men named Roshan Shaikh and Rajab Shaikh, who raped a Hindu girl in Sindh in June 2019 while she was forced to be intoxicated. It has nothing to do with India and the accused being Hindu.
An article was published regarding this incident on June 8, 2019 with the headline “Girl in Sindh, Pakistan raped by two men, tweeps outraged”.
@KDSindhi tweeted “Update on Jamna Case: Two main accused rapists Roshan Shaikh & Rajab Shaikh has been arreated & an FIR has been lodged against them. #Justiceforjamna” on June 8, 2019.
Update on Jamna Case: Two main accused rapists Roshan Shaikh & Rajab Shaikh has been arreated & an FIR has been lodged against them. #Justiceforjamna pic.twitter.com/5PWQwJz9x3
— Kapil Dev کپل دیو (@KDSindhi) June 8, 2019
Mr Sinha (@MrSinha_”) tweeted that the video is from Pakistan where the Hindu girl was gang raped and beaten brutally by Islamists and was then thrown out on the street. The tweet was made on Nov 7, 2023. The claim made here is true but the incident actually occured in 2019 and is not recent.
D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
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ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A video that shows a distressed girl in unusual circumstances has been shared claiming that In India,a 12yr old Harijan Lower Caste Hindu girl, Jamna Kumari,was reportedly gang-raped by a pack of Hindu men & thrown near the jungle in Gujarat.(1/3) pic.twitter.com/fjL5S0NM0p
Intent:
Extremist accounts from Pakistan are circulating old videos from Pakistan with false claims to set their anti-Hindu narrative and to spread hate between communities in India.
Conclusion:
Claim : A senstive video purporting to show a 12-year-old Hindu girl from the Lower Caste of Harijan who was thrown close to a Gujarati jungle after being gang-raped by a group of Hindu men has gone viral.
Fact : This is actually an old video from Pakistan, where in June 2019, two men named Roshan Shaikh and Rajab Shaikh raped a Hindu girl in Sindh, where she was forcibly intoxicated. It has nothing to do with India and the accused being Hindu.
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