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By Abira Das
A viral WhatsApp message and some social media posts recently claimed that a group of Muslim men had abducted a girl from outside the Quest Mall in Park Circus, Kolkata. This allegedly happened when the girl’s family was waiting for a cab. According to the claims, the security guards of the mall did not help the victim and Kolkata Police refused to register a case against the accused. The girl was ‘dropped back’ two hours later. The viral text message on WhatsApp also says that four such incidents had taken place in the last 10 days.
A verified X (formerly Twitter) user, Sunanda Roy (@SaffronSunanda) shared the ‘news’. Her tweet had received over 1,65,000 views and 3030 retweets before it was deleted.
The claim was forwarded multiple times on WhatsApp. Alt News received a request on its WhatsApp helpline to fact-check the claim.
Quote-tweeting @SaffronSunanda, an X user named Global Democracy Watch (@111gpt) amplified the claim and wrote, “Hindus, do not go to Quest Mall Area, Kolkata.”. (Archive)
https://twitter.com/111gpt/status/1769816482471379057?t=RHncgbSUTNJwhiCqMs9wDA&s=19
Fact Check
Four incidents of kidnapping within a span of 10 days, as claimed in the viral text, amounts to an alarming deterioration of the public safety. So, first, we checked local newspapers for a report on the alleged incidents, but could not find any mention of anything similar.
We noticed that the official X handle of DCP (South East) of Kolkata Police had on X shared a statement calling the message ‘fake’.
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