Social Media Posts Give False Communal Twist To MP Rape Accused
By Archis Chowdhury Several social media posts claimed that the name of the person convicted of raping a 4-year-old - whose sentence was recently reduced from a death sentence to life imprisonment by Madhya Pradesh High Court - is Mohammed Firoz. BOOM found the claim made in these posts to be false; according to the judgement, the name of the rape convict is Ramsingh. Social media posts sharing the name of Mohammed Firoz falsely purports that the accused is Muslim, thus giving a communal spin. Furthermore, the judgement changed the conviction from life imprisonment to 20 years of imprisonment,...