Disturbing Video of Woman Burnt in Karnataka Peddled as UP

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Incident from Mysuru, Karnataka

BOOM was able to ascertain that the incident occurred in Mysuru district of Karnataka. We broke the video into key frames and ran a reverse image search; we were directed to a news report in Kannada by Saakshatv with images from the incident.

Taking cue, we searched with relevant keywords and found a news report in the Times of India published on November 9, 2020 with a similar description of the incident. According to the report, the incident took place in Kellur village under the Periyapatna Police station.

According to the Times of India report, the victim's age was between 18-20 years. The police suspected that the victim was murdered elsewhere and her body was set on fire at the spot, where morning walkers found it. The report quoted police sources as saying, "The body portion from Head to Knee has been burnt beyond scope of identification."

Mysuru SP CB Rishyanth and other senior officials visited the spot and reviewed the investigation as well.