Bengal Woman Claims Kolkata Police Asked Her To Remove Unverified Social Media Post

Kolkata Police asked her to remove from X a post on an incident she shared without verifying the credibility of.

The girl said in her X post, "Couldn’t sleep without posting this. My mom got a call from my neighbour (from my hometown) at around 7.30 pm that police(3-4 uniformed officers) were searching for my home. They were saying Kolkata police had asked them to summon me about some post and they searching for my home."

"They eventually reached my place and my brother and sister-in-law were present. My brother called me and put me on speaker and asked did you post about a student of Burdwan University?", she added.

She said she responded to her brother's question by saying, "Yes, I did."

She said the uniformed officials further questioned her about the credibility of the post concerning the brutal murder of a 22-year-old girl in Burdwan.

"Did you verify the credibility of the post?", they asked.

"I did see articles of media houses about the same but I blatantly believed an angle I saw spreading in people’s statuses(that it was related to the ‘Claim the night’ protest). I edited it under the post after verification", the girl said.

She said the Kolkata Police then asked her to delete the post and asked her to report to the local police station the next day.

"Please delete the post and don’t further post information without verifying and report to the Town thana tomorrow", they said, as per her social media post.

What's The Truth?

The entire chaos stemmed from the unconfirmed reports claiming that a woman who participated in the Kolkata night protest over the doctor rape was later murdered in West Bengal's East Burdwan district. Several BJP leaders too have shared unconfirmed social media posts on a similar incident.

However, Purba Bardhaman Police clarified on X on Friday that some quarters are "trying to spread wrong information about an incident in Burdwan."

"Incident is, on 14.08.24 in the evening around 7.30-8 pm in Gangpur area under Burdwan police station, a girl was murdered while staying at home. A specific case has been registered based on the complaint," the police said.

The accused has been identified and an arrest operation is underway, the police said, adding that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) comprising senior officers has also been constituted to ensure immediate arrest.

The police added that "this incident has nothing to do with the women's rally on August 14 night to protest against the RG Tax incident. Legal action will be taken against those spreading rumours."