Fact Check: Kejriwal isn't accused in 1980s rape case. Newspaper clip on social media is fake

Posted on:
Key Points

A newspaper clipping, purportedly published by The Telegraph on 8 June 1987 with the headline IIT student accused of rape has resurfaced online..

It further mentions that the survivor lodged a complaint against Kejriwal at a local police station..

The newspaper clip states that Kejriwal had been detained by the local police after the girl lodged a complaint..

The fake newspaper clip had resurfaced in the run up to the Delhi Assembly Elections that was held on 8 February 2020..

In fact, the same newspaper clipping generator website was used to create a fake news report about Congress chief Rahul Gandhi possessing banned drugs and unaccounted cash...