LAHORE: In another attempt to peddle misinformation about Pakistan, India media outlets ran an unverified image of padlocked grave stating that practice was common in Pakistan for parents to protect deceased bodies of their 'daughters' from being raped.

'Story' was carried by most major Indian news outlets including Asian News International (ANI), Times of India, News18, Times Now, NDTV and ThePrint.Image gained considerable traction on social media platforms and was originally tweeted by Robert Spencer, Director of Jihad Watch. In order to verify news, image was cross-checked using Google Maps street view services by fact-checkers who discovered that picture was actually from cemetery located in Hyderabad, India.Cemetery is situated opposite to Masjid-e-Salar Mulk, masjid in Darab Jung Colony Madannapet in Hyderabad, India.

Graves were padlocked by families to prevent others from burying more bodies at final resting place of their loved ones.

Published in The Daily National Courier, May, 02 2023

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