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Remember the Rohtak bravehearts episode - Media slander


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Well, this happened.

 

https://swarajyamag.com/ideas/busting-the-myth-around-rohtak-bravehearts

 

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Declared Innocent By Court Once Again, Rohtak Boys Ask Media To Declare Them Innocent

Remember the viral videos from November 2014 where boys were being beaten up with belts inside a moving bus by two girls who then became famous as #RohtakBravehearts? You were told that these boys had molested the girls inside a bus full of passengers and no one did anything. Well, you were lied to, and the case has recently received a second verdict, giving clean chit to the boys.

Kuldeep, Deepak and Mohit have been declared innocent once again by a court in Rohtak. The three boys, whose faces were splashed across national media for several days as molesters, Haryana’s shame, sexual predators and perverts in 2014 have been discharged for the second time, after a revision application was filed in the sessions court by Haryana, challenging the decision of a lower court. These boys were accused of eve-teasing, molestation and assault by Aarti and Pooja, sisters from Haryana who were hailed as 'Rohtak bravehearts' by media back then.

After the Nirbhaya incident, Media went over-drive on proclaiming Indian men are perverts, all Indian men are dogs, etc. Some of the high-profile cases were false allegations, which media turns a blind eye, after causing mayhem in the media, will ignore it because it is not sensational news. 

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12 minutes ago, zen said:

Crime against women in Ind is the bigger problem .... a couple of guys accused stirs us up, but women have been put on spot for time immemorial 

Yes, But, media should highlight the hardships of people who face allegations that are false. Their future was spoiled just because somebody wanted to be a braveheart. This also affects the image of real survivors of crime. 

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The lad should sue the news channels who ran kangaroo courts vs him; I remember Justice Arnab having a particularly loud court...

 

This is the problem with the media, they have unchecked power and no repercussions for when they lie

 

I will say again, in the era of fake news, we need new libel and false reporting laws  

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