Muslim boy who dies due to TB shown as murdered by Hindus [ Uttar Pradesh, India]

[ Reported as seen]

A 15-year-old Muslim boy, Dilshan died due to cardiorespiratory failure and chronic lung disorder in Uttar Pradesh. The media houses and the family of the victim called it out to be a death caused by the beating by three  teachers of a school in Madaiya village of Kannauj district. As a matter of fact, no injury marks were found on Dilshan’s body.

The police confirmed that the student’s autopsy report listed the cause of death as cardiorespiratory failure and chronic lung disorder which eventually led to his death.

In a media report, Kannauj Superintendent of Police, Kunwar Anupam Singh, confirmed in a video byte that the police had sent the body of the deceased student for a post-mortem after registering an FIR in the aforementioned case. The autopsy report confirmed that there were no injury marks on the deceased’s body. In fact, the cause of death was mentioned as chronic lung disease. He added that the allegations of torture and assault have been found to be untrue. The SP said that the police are thoroughly investigating the case and action will be taken on the basis of evidence.

The propagandist news channels jumped in to show that the Muslim were a victim under the Hindus. Millat Times, a news portal hared a picture of the student with claims that a teacher of a school in Madaiya village of Kannauj district, named Shiv Kumar Kumar summoned Dilshan and accused him of stealing a watch. On suspicion of theft, the teacher had beaten up the student so badly that he succumbed to the injuries.

Millat Times was not the only news portal that was in a dire desire to disperse the propaganda. Other media houses like the NDTV, Hindustan Times and Times of India, followed the fake news.

Since the victim was a Muslim, Maktoob Media used the opportunity to play Muslim victimhood by highlighting the religion of the boy in the headline. It headlined the report, “UP: Muslim boy beaten to death by teachers, police begin probe.”

It has to be noted that the report published by the Islamist propaganda portal was dated July 28, a day after the Kannauj police revealed that the death was not due to assault but because of chronic lung disorder.

The reports read that the father of the boy, Jahangir Khan, alleged in his police complaint that Dilshan was locked in a room and assaulted at the RS Inter College in the Ramlila Maidan area on July 23. The complaint states that teacher Shivkumar Yadav summoned Dilshan and accused him of stealing a watch. Following this, Shivkumar and his colleagues Prabhakar and Vivek Yadav locked Dilshan inside a room and assaulted him, states the complaint.

Jahangir said Dilshan had suffered internal injuries and when he came back from school, he fainted after vomiting. “We took him to the hospital. Doctors referred him to Kanpur as there was no improvement in his condition,” he said.

SP Kunwar Anupam Singh had cleared then too that they were investigating if the death was due to an assault. “Strict action would be taken against the accused, as per the rules, if the post-mortem report confirms the assault,” he said.

Two days later, the autopsy report of the 15-year-old boy revealed that hebdied of tuberculosis.

Vinod Kumar, the Chief Medical Officer also confirmed that the boy identified as Dilshan died of tuberculosis, according to the autopsy report. “Both of his lungs had puss deposits; there was no sign of contusion or abrasion found on the body,” he said.