Myth 12: The photo of Qutubuddin Ansari is genuine
Posted on May 22, 2008 - Filed Under 12-Concocted Lies and Myths by the media | 86 Comments
Fact:
This photo is reproduced here in this book on page 136. This photo has been used repeatedly to tarnish the name of BJP, VHP and the Bajrang Dal throughout India. The victim, Qutubuddin Ansari, is seen pleading for mercy to the rioters. Later he is shown in Kolkata, living happily on the help given by the West Bengal government which is of the CPI (M) and Left parties. Many questions that arise, (and some of which were raised by the then RSS chief K S Sudarshan in his speech in Nagpur on 4thOctober 2003) are:
1-A MASSIVE CLUE IS GOT ON THIS PHOTO BEING FAKE (means taken after the incident by the photographer asking the victim to pose thus, or taken when Ansari was genuinely in such a position but definitely after the incident was over) looking at the bandage on the poor victim’s face. This suggests that after the incident was over, bandage was applied to his face, and then the photo was clicked. If this photo was clicked with the mob targeting him and he pleading a bloodthirsty mob for mercy, how did he have the time to apply bandage on his face?
2-Also, it seems scarcely believable that the victim is pleading to rioters to spare his life on the first floor of the building, no rioter is seen in the photo, the photographer Arko Dutta was present at that very moment in that building to snap this in his camera and the rioters did nothing to either the photographer or the victim and allowed him to snap such a clear photo of the victim.We have utmost sympathies for the victim, Mr Qutubuddin Ansari since he was no doubt a victim of the riots. But that cannot be a license to concoct a fake photo and circulate it the world over instigating innocent people to terrorism.
3-If Mr Qutubuddin Ansari was seen pleading for mercy to rioters on the first floor of a building, how is it that no rioter is seen in the photo?
4-How and why did the rioters leave him alive and not kill him?
5-How was the photographer allowed to take the photo by the rioters? Why did they not attack him?
6-How, at least, did the rioters not destroy his camera if they would have left both Ansari and the photographer alive?
And a couple more:
7-Can the photographer, Mr. Arko Datta of the Reuters, explain any of the above questions?
8- Can Mr Ansari answer any of the above questions and other questions which may be raised on this issue now that he lives happily in Kolkata? (He has since returned to Gujarat). Here it must be said that the poor victim Qutubuddin Ansari is reported to have said “This photo was taken after the mob had left my house. The police were there and I was very scared and at this time the photo was clicked”. This is what has been said by a senior journalist of Gujarat. However, we could not get such a newspaper report available today on the web. But to be fair, we also could not get any report in which Ansari claims to be pleading before a mob to spare his life. So it is possible that Qutubuddin Ansari himself denies that he was pleading to a blood-mercy mob. Someone must now pin-pointedly ask him about this. If Mr Ansari claims that he indeed was pleading before a bloodthirsty mob, then it must be asked to him as to how he had bandage applied on his face. The poor guy is also fed up of the constant use of his photo and harrassments and has urged the media to leave him alone many times, starting from as early as August 2003.
We repeat here that we have utmost sympathies for the victim, Mr Qutubuddin Ansari since he was no doubt a victim of the riots. But that cannot be a license to concoct a fake photo and circulate it the world over instigating innocent people to terrorism.
These are just 2 of the true photos of Godhra victims. Will the media dare to show them worldwide? NDTV and CNN-IBN will never, in their wildest of dreams think of showing these photos, which are true, but circulate the fake photo of Qutubuddin Ansari worldwide which is highly inflammatory. The lies of the media have caused many innocent Muslims to turn fanatics. If the Muslims (and also our own liberals) had known the guilt of Islam in roasting Hindus in Godhra, and seen the gruesome photos of Godhra, they would not have been needlessly instigated by the post-Godhra riots (which were also not one-sided).
This tale of lies and myths is unending. It can go on and on and on. An enterprising writer would do well to compile an encyclopedia of these media lies on the entire Gujarat scenario. He can start with media lies on Godhra, on concocting imaginary ‘provocations’ for Godhra, the lies concocted on the post-Godhra riots-such as the extent of the riots, the number of people killed, the imaginary tales and stories of unnamed victims, the rapes and murders of innocent people, etc etc. And he can conclude with the media’s malicious reporting during the Gujarat Assembly elections of December 2002 when the media was the Congress’ pillar and tried to defeat the BJP. The BJP, which suffers the maximum damage from these lies, has unwisely allowed the media to escape the courts for one-sided, malicious lies.The real photos are reproduced here. The media especially TV channels like NDTV and CNN-IBN will never dare to show these pictures- though they are true, and circulate the false photo of Qutubuddin Ansari worldwide.
http://www.gujaratriots.com/89/godhra-photos/
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May 7th, 2012 at 6:41 AM
ehtesham deshmukh Says:
March 10th, 2012 at 2:36 PM
May be the photo of ansari is fake. What about the photo of a hindu showing sword and rod in both raised hands in the background of burning houses. OR he is also a Muslim and the photo is fake.
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That photo is clearly photoshopped. See the burning houses? Now see the crowd, all dressed up as if for a stroll. None has a weapon in his hands. And they allegedly stand next to a burning house!!
That-picture is composed by photoshopping three different scenes (1) Crowd of unconcerned men (b) a burning house, could be anywhere in the world (3) A man with sword. Absolutely clean sword, absolutely clean clothes.
Haha. Photoshop is a wonderful package. It was published by BBC. And BBC is notorius for such doctored images.
May 6th, 2012 at 8:33 PM
Whey should Hindu Organisations expect these anti Bharath channels to show this picture or that picture. Start channels one each for each basha and show the real side on the one hand and tear and throw these anti Bharath’s channels on the other hand.
March 23rd, 2012 at 4:18 PM
A comment posted by Shri R C Sharma which I liked v much
“I will give a sickular counter to #7 and 8. (which are now at 1 and 2)
Rioters applied the bandage to his face and he was pleading from first floor to rioters who were on the ground floor outside the house. He was pleading through the window and Dutta was in a helicopter.”
March 10th, 2012 at 2:36 PM
May be the photo of ansari is fake. What about the photo of a hindu showing sword and rod in both raised hands in the background of burning houses. OR he is also a Muslim and the photo is fake.
March 1st, 2012 at 3:36 PM
@Vineesh
Then there were no rioters to plead to. Aroka Datta is lying to some extent.
March 1st, 2012 at 1:32 PM
I strongly believe this picture was taken when Ansari thanking the army when they saved him…..