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      Murshidabad Triple Murder: How Social Media And News Media Gave The Killings A Political Twist

      No sooner had the incident happened than social media was abuzz with misleading claims of Pal’s association with the RSS that resulted in his death.

      By - Swasti Chatterjee |
      Published -  15 Oct 2019 8:33 PM IST
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      The arrest of Utpal Behra, the main accused in the Murshidabad triple murder case on Tuesday, has put to rest several widespread speculations on social media about the reason for the killings. Many social media users had alleged that Bandhu Prakash Pal and his family were murdered due to their political association with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in West Bengal. The Murshidabad Police on Tuesday arrested Behra from Sagardighi’s Sahapur area, informed Superintendent of Police Mukesh Kumar.

      According to the state police, Behra murdered Bandhu Prakash Pal, his eight month pregnant wife Beauty Pal and son, on October 8 as the latter refused to give him any receipt of money for a life insurance policy that Behra had subscribed from Pal.

      Soon after, gruesome images from the crime scene started doing the rounds on social media with misleading claims that the family lost their lives for Pal's political leanings.

      “Behra had bought two policies from Pal, but he was offered a receipt only for the first one. For the past few weeks, Pal and Behra would quarrel over this matter. Pal had even insulted him, following which Behra decided to kill him,” Police said.

      Multiple verified handles and news portals tweeted the gruesome images and concluded that the motive behind the murder was political, while investigation was still underway.

      BOOM had fact checked the claims last week. We reached out to the SP Mukesh Kumar, who categorically ruled out a political motive behind the killings. BOOM had also contacted local RSS leaders and BJP state president Dilip Ghosh, who dismissed the killings as being politically motivated.

      ALSO READ: Gruesome Triple Murder Case In West Bengal: RSS, BJP Leaders Dispute Political Motive

      Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Sambit Patra shared a video from the crime scene and claimed that liberals practised selectivism and there was no outcry from them over the triple murders, because the victim practised RSS.



      Ravi Shankar Prasad, central minister of Law & Justice, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology condemned the murders and identified Pal as an RSS worker.



      Multiple BJP members were quick to conclude that Pal, who was also a school teacher, lost his life for his alleged RSS connect.



      In a tweet Madhu Kishwar questioned the selective outrage when it comes to political killings.

      BJP MP Roopa Ganguly took a dig at the West Bengal Police in a tweet for the alleged political motive behind the killings.



      News outlets spun the narrative further

      Multiple news reports also highlighted Pal's RSS connect as the cause of the death, thus spinning the narrative further. In a tweet, news agency ANI stated that Pal had recently joined the RSS and would attend the weekly meetings of the outfit.



      This was picked up by India Today while reporting about the murders.

      Zee News ran a bulletin on the "bloodbath of BJP and RSS workers in West Bengal." Interestingly, the reporter on field did not state any political angle to the murders.

      The investigations so far

      Apart from addressing the press today, in a series of tweet, the Murshidabad Police on Thursday ruled out a political motive to the killings.



      Furthermore, a Twitter user also shared an interaction with Bandhu Prakash Pal's family member, who can be heard saying, "My brother in law was not associated with any party. He was working and busy with his family. Political parties are cooking up stories. We want to approach the administration and get proper justice."



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      Claim :   Bandhu Prakash Pal and his family were murdered due to their political association with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in West Bengal
      Claimed By :  Twitter
      Fact Check :  False
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