Fact Check: This viral tweet on ‘Hindu Mukt India’ by Bollywood singer is fake – India Today
Worldwide pop artist Rihanna and environmental activist Greta Thunberg have prolonged their help to the continued farmers’ protest in India. A number of Indian celebrities from films and sports activities too supported the farmers’ agitation in opposition to the Centre’s three farm legal guidelines.
Amid this, a screenshot of a communally charged tweet purportedly by Indian playback singer Caralisa Monteiro is viral on social media.
Based on the screenshot, Monteiro tweeted, “Each time a Hindu is killed, I get orgasmic pleasure. Modi may dream Congress Mukt Bharat, however we’ll get Hindu Mukt India quickly. Amen!”
A number of netizens lashed out on the singer sharing the alleged “Hindu Mukt India” tweet together with the screengrab of a video from 2016 the place she supported the Aam Aadmi Occasion (AAP) throughout Goa’s Meeting elections.
The caption in Hindi to 1 such submit interprets as “That is Kejriwal’s AAP Bollywood Model Ambassador Caralisa Monteiro. She will get orgasmic pleasure in killing Hindus. The reality is that the Hindus of Delhi have embellished their pyre by voting for a depraved Maoist like Kejriwal totally free.”
A number of netizens additionally tweeted the identical screengrab demanding motion in opposition to the Bollywood singer for her alleged tweet that invokes communal hatred.
India Right this moment Anti Faux Information Battle Room (AFWA) has discovered that the viral tweet within the identify of Monteiro is faux. The singer additionally clarified by means of her verified Twitter deal with that the tweet was not made by her and case has been registered on this matter.
The archived variations of comparable posts could be seen right here, right here, and right here.
AFWA probe
Throughout our investigation, we couldn’t discover the tweet in query on the timeline of Monteiro’s verified Twitter deal with. Neither may we discover an archived model of the tweet on any of the archiving websites.
The date of posting talked about on the viral screengrab is January 1, 2021. Nevertheless, we discovered that just one tweet from the singer dated January 1, is at present obtainable on her deal with. This tweet was concerning a Logical Indian report on a gang rape survivor and it was made round 8:50 pm.
Additionally, the identify of the system used for posting a tweet from any given person’s account is seen within the area after the time and date of each tweet. Nevertheless, the area for the identify of the system is vacant within the viral tweet.
The variety of retweets, quote tweets and likes which can be normally seen under the area for date and time are additionally lacking within the viral screenshot. It’s extremely unlikely for a controversial tweet made by the verified deal with of Monteiro, who has over 36.4K followers, to not get any likes or retweets.
Here’s a comparability between a text-only tweet posted by Monteiro on her verified Twitter deal with on February 4, 2021, and the viral screengrab in query.


Later, she additionally stated a case has been registered on the matter.
Therefore it’s clear that the viral tweet on a “Hindu Mukt India” is faux and never tweeted by singer Caralisa Monteiro.
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