Millions of Indians woke up Thursday to find out that four Indians accused of murdering Sikh Canadian Hardeep Singh Nijjar in June 2023, after the case collapsed. We have seen a flood of false reports about people being released from detention.
The article was repeated in various news outlets, including the Times of India, the report “Four Indian nationals charged in Nijjar murder case released from Canadian custody.”
CBC News has confirmed that the report is false. None of the Nijjar defendants have left their place of detention and have no plans to do so.
“It is not true that the four defendants were released on bail,” Anne Seymour of the B.C. Provincial Prosecutor’s Office told CBC News. “All four defendants were taken into custody and remain in custody.”
His next court appearance will be a pre-trial press conference on February 11th, and he is scheduled to appear in court again on February 12th.
No fact-checking of social media rumors
Indian media outlets that have repeated the false claims include The Hindu Post, First Post, Hindustan Times, Business Today, Business Standard, India Today, New Indian Express, Mint News and News18. is included.
The news appears to have originated from a Canadian social media account with claims that appear to be based on a misreading of court documents. One of those tweets has received nearly 300,000 views and was still in existence at the time of publication.
Several Indian media outlets have cited this misinformation as a reference to the alleged collapse of the Canadian police case against Karan Brar, Amandeep Singh, Kamalpreet Singh, and Karanpreet Singh; It links the alleged failure of “ignorant” Canadian police to oppose his release on the 2nd. Deposit.
Those claims are also false. At the time this report was published, most or all of the articles were still in circulation.
“Gody” Media
Critics of President Narendra Modi’s government point to the erosion of journalistic standards and press freedom as one of the consequences of its populist, Hindu-centric, nationalist style of government.
The country is an aggressively partisan “godhi” that adheres to the Modi government’s rhetoric and occasionally targets perceived enemies of the Modi government with vulgar or unsubstantiated reporting. We have witnessed the emergence of media.
Some of the news outlets that covered the false claims about Nijjar fit Godi’s media profile, while others did not. The Times of India, which has been around for 186 years and is the world’s largest-circulating English-language newspaper, does not fact-check claims on social media, as do some of the more provocative parts of India’s media world. Apparently not.
Relations with India deteriorate
The charges and arrests over Nijjar’s murder have caused an unprecedented rift in relations between Canada and India. mutual expulsion Dramatically reduce both countries’ diplomatic presence in the other country.
Canada declares Indian High Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Verma and five other diplomats persona non grata The RCMP issued a statement in October after it accused the Modi government of inciting violence and intimidation, including murder, arson, extortion and assault, in Canada.
Investigators are investigating the four suspects in the Niger case, along with others, in connection with at least four other murders in Canada, including that of an 11-year-old boy, CBC News reports. It was reported.
The US indictment supports Justin Trudeau’s claims that the Indian government was responsible for the murder of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada. We speak to other alleged targets and provide exclusive insight into the conspiracy.
