Ajmer: The Mission Sisters of Ajmer has debunked a viral video on social media showing graphic mob violence against two women.
The message accompanying the video says that the two victims belonged to the Mission Sisters of Ajmer.
In a statement to boonlive.in, Sister Kathleen, provincial of the congregation, said that the women depicted in the video had no connection to their congregation. She also said the messages on social media were malicious with the intention to cause communal disturbance between Christians and non-Christians in India.
“There is a video clipping of two ladies disrobed and beaten publicly by women and people. These victim women have no connection with MSA. But, this message posted in the social media by unsocial elements is just to malign the Mission Sisters of Ajmer and defame our MSA Institution. It is also to create a communal disturbance between Christians and non-Christian communities,” the provincial wrote.
“It is also a gender discrimination, of these poor victimized women, destroying their dignity and modesty through this video clipping. Therefore, we earnestly request you to order the concerned authorities to investigate the matter fairly and take appropriate legal action against the perpetrators.”
The video shows several women assault two women who are naked and pleading as a mob of men encourage the perpetrators and record the depraved act, with their mobile phones.
The video, which went viral on WhatsApp and Facebook several months ago, resurfaced in March. It is accompanied with a message that claims the two women were assaulted for taking water from taps that belonged to upper caste women.
“As punishment for taking water from the taps of upper caste Area. The Caste Hindu ladies removed the dress of 2 sisters and beat them up…These Sisters belonged to the MSA (Mission Sisters of Ajmer) congregation who run the Karuna Hospital in Borivli. This is the peak of untouchability…. This is the India propagated by BJP and Modi” (See screenshot below)
BOOM traced the first reference to Mission Sisters of Ajmer in an article titled ‘India: The Land Of Caste System‘ by a dubious website called ‘The CJ Post’. The CJ Post has been called out in the past and has been referred to as a fake news and propaganda website.
A search for the registration details of The CJ Post on whois.com shows that it is currently registered in Nassau, Bahamas. But other searches indicate that registration details previously showed Arizona.
Boom also found a YouTube post dated March 2017 when the video was shared with the description of ‘Two nuns attacked in Gujarat’. The YouTube upload predates CJ Post’s story and does not mention Mission Sisters of Ajmer.
Source: Boom