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The story is false https://twitter.com/SreenivasanJain/status/270394505063194624 https://twitter.com/SreenivasanJain/status/27039450506319462...

ashray 14y ago
Really ? The guy tweeting seems legit but even timesofindia has this story: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/21-year-old-girl-arrested-for-Facebook-post-slamming-Bal-Thackeray/articleshow/17276979.cms http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/21-year-old-girl-ar... Also the vandalism of the clinic definitely happened.
- HaloZero 14y ago
  the text is the same, they could just be reposting it from mumbaimirror without a lot fact checking
  - thewarrior 14y ago
    It seems she was just detained and then released.
  - ashray 14y ago
    That's quite possible, the copy paste is quite obvious though I don't know for sure which way it went. I don't know who this tweet is from or his credibility so I'll just leave it up in the air for now. It's still alarming that they were vandalized over a facebook post and the police is looking into possible criminal liability. Also, the news reports talk specifically of what sections of law the girls were booked under. Doesn't sound so fake because of that.
- HaloZero 14y ago
  the text is the same, they could just be reposting it from mumbaimirror without a lot fact checking
- neya 14y ago
  Times of India is a shitty news organization, they're just like Techcrunch, but for the whole nation.
  - jeffjose 14y ago
    I wasnt expecting such a witty comment on HN.
denzil_correa 14y ago
Sreenivasan Jain is a very respected veteran journalist. I would like to go with what he says.
- ashray 14y ago
  He now says that the girl was indeed arrested: https://twitter.com/SreenivasanJain https://twitter.com/SreenivasanJain
  - denzil_correa 14y ago
    Yes - I see that [0,1]. [0] https://twitter.com/sreenivasanjain/status/270458894193684480 https://twitter.com/sreenivasanjain/status/27045889419368448... [1] https://twitter.com/sreenivasanjain/status/270459007511195648 https://twitter.com/sreenivasanjain/status/27045900751119564...
ashray 14y ago
The story is not false. As confirmed by the same guy: https://twitter.com/SreenivasanJain https://twitter.com/SreenivasanJain And Hindustan Times who say that the girls are to appear in court. http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Mumbai/Mumbai-woman-flays-shutdown-over-Thackeray-on-Facebook-held/Article1-961377.aspx http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Mumbai/Mumbai-woman...

ashray 14y ago

Really ? The guy tweeting seems legit but even timesofindia has this story: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/21-year-old-girl-arrested-for-Facebook-post-slamming-Bal-Thackeray/articleshow/17276979.cms http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/21-year-old-girl-ar... Also the vandalism of the clinic definitely happened.

HaloZero 14y ago
the text is the same, they could just be reposting it from mumbaimirror without a lot fact checking
- thewarrior 14y ago
  It seems she was just detained and then released.
- ashray 14y ago
  That's quite possible, the copy paste is quite obvious though I don't know for sure which way it went. I don't know who this tweet is from or his credibility so I'll just leave it up in the air for now. It's still alarming that they were vandalized over a facebook post and the police is looking into possible criminal liability. Also, the news reports talk specifically of what sections of law the girls were booked under. Doesn't sound so fake because of that.
HaloZero 14y ago
the text is the same, they could just be reposting it from mumbaimirror without a lot fact checking
neya 14y ago
Times of India is a shitty news organization, they're just like Techcrunch, but for the whole nation.
- jeffjose 14y ago
  I wasnt expecting such a witty comment on HN.

denzil_correa 14y ago

Sreenivasan Jain is a very respected veteran journalist. I would like to go with what he says.

ashray 14y ago
He now says that the girl was indeed arrested: https://twitter.com/SreenivasanJain https://twitter.com/SreenivasanJain
- denzil_correa 14y ago
  Yes - I see that [0,1]. [0] https://twitter.com/sreenivasanjain/status/270458894193684480 https://twitter.com/sreenivasanjain/status/27045889419368448... [1] https://twitter.com/sreenivasanjain/status/270459007511195648 https://twitter.com/sreenivasanjain/status/27045900751119564...

ashray 14y ago

The story is not false. As confirmed by the same guy: https://twitter.com/SreenivasanJain https://twitter.com/SreenivasanJain And Hindustan Times who say that the girls are to appear in court. http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Mumbai/Mumbai-woman-flays-shutdown-over-Thackeray-on-Facebook-held/Article1-961377.aspx http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Mumbai/Mumbai-woman...