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By Nivedita Niranjankumar Twinkle Gulia, 21, with over 64,000 followers on YouTube has posted five videos in the last four days, about the rape and murder of the doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, West Bengal. In all of them, Gulia is dressed in a lab coat with a stethoscope around her neck, depicting herself as the deceased victim with overlaid text and audio, ironically highlighting a sentiment echoed by the medicos across the country – that those who save the lives of others are unsafe. The rape and murder of a trainee doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital...
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By Archis Chowdhury Social media has been rife with the claim that 150mg of semen was found in the victim of the horrific rape and murder at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. This claim was also reported by multiple news outlets, which cited the victim's autopsy report as the source of the claim. BOOM found this claim to be misleading; Dr. JA Jaylal, former National President of the Indian Medical Association, confirmed to us that according to the autopsy report, the '150mg' figure referred to weight of the entirety of the "External and Internal Genitalia". The West Bengal governm...
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By Ritika Jain Supreme Court observed “as more and more women join the work force, the nation cannot wait for another rape and murder for changes on the ground” while taking suo motu note of the brutal rape-murder of a young doctor in Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical Hospital. The bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud also expressed concern over the exodus of young doctors from the RG Kar Medical Hospital since August 14 when an almost mob hijacked a peaceful protest and vandalized the hospital and the nearby hostel. Of the 750 residents, only 150 male and female young doctors remain, a f...
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By Anmol Alphonso A video of a makeup artist, who used makeup to recreate bruises on her face and neck as part of a dramatised recreation, is going viral online falsely misidentifying the former as the 31-year old doctor who was raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital earlier in August, BOOM found the video does not show the murdered doctor but a Kolkata based makeup artist that created the dramatised video using make up to recreate injuries. A 31-year old trainee doctor was raped and murdered while on night shift duty at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospita...
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By Anmol Alphonso Several posts have gone viral on social media falsely claiming that the accused in the rape and murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital is from Bihar. BOOM reached out to the Kolkata Police via email, who stated that the accused was born and brought up in West Bengal. Sanjay Roy (33), a civic volunteer with the Kolkata Police, was arrested on August 9, 2024, as the prime suspect in the rape and murder of a junior doctor. A torn earphone found in the seminar room on the third floor of the emergency building, where the doctor's body was discovered, led ...
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By Ritika Jain The Kolkata doctor rape-murder victim’s name, photos and her identity have gone viral on social media. Crime scene photos including those with her in the room where she was last found have also gone viral. On Instagram one can find more than 21,000 hits if you search for #Victim’s[first name + last name], #JusticeFor[Victim’s name] and variations of the same. The Calcutta High Court today cautioned people from circulating such posts since the law prohibits such disclosures. The posts are disturbing and triggering to amplify outrage of the crime. Kolkata Police also issued notice...
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By Srijit Das A video showing a huge crowd gathered around a structure that closely resembles the Ram Temple of Ayodhya is being shared online with a false claim that it shows visuals from the yet-to-be-inaugurated Ram Temple. BOOM found that the video is from a Durga Puja pandal of Kolkata, West Bengal which replicated the Ayodhya Ram Temple. We spoke to Sajal Ghosh, the club secretary of Santosh Mitra Square Puja Committee in North Kolkata, who confirmed that the visuals show the Ram temple-themed Durga Puja pandal that was organised by their committee this year. The grand opening of the Ram...
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By Hazel Gandhi A video of an argument between a traffic police officer and a scooter rider over the sticker of a Hindu deity on the vehicle is viral online with the false claim that the incident is from Kolkata. BOOM found that the claims were false and the video is from Lakhimpur in Uttar Pradesh (UP). The video shows the traffic police officer asking the rider to remove the deity's sticker, which the latter refuses to do. The driver then says that the officer can fine him if he wants, but that he would not remove the sticker. The officer agrees to this and begins fining the driver. BOOM Hin...
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By Srijit Das An old video from Kolkata is circulating on social media with a misleading claim that it shows recent visuals of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers attacking police personnel during a political protest. BOOM found that the incident took place on Kolkata's Mahatma Gandhi Road on September 13, 2022 during the Nabanna Abhijan (march to secretariat). BJP supporters from across the state arrived in Kolkata and marched towards the secretariat or Nabanna on September 13 to protest against alleged corruption of the Trinamul Congress led state government. Soon after reports of clashes b...
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