MisleadingTrick: Fake comparison

The Reel misrepresents a stance against capital punishment as 'defending rapists.' While news reports confirm that Neha Bora is the national president of AISA, equating opposition to the death penalty with supporting perpetrators is a false equivalence. Activists and politicians who opposed the death penalty in the Nirbhaya case did so on the grounds that it does not deter crime and distracts from necessary judicial reforms, not to defend the attackers.

Real video, twisted story. · checked 18 Oct 2026 · Politics

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They call themselves students but they defend r@pists...

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According to the Supreme Court's amicus curiae in the Nirbhaya gang rape case, the trial court committed fundamental errors by failing to consider mitigating circumstances and not hearing the accused in person regarding their punishment.

"listed six fundamental errors committed by the trial court while awarding death sentences, including not taking the mitigating circumstances of the accused persons into consideration and not hearing them in person on their punishment." The Hindu, 2016-11-08

The trick: Fake comparison

It treats two very different things as the same (known as false equivalence).

"They call themselves students but they defend r@pists... Do you know ? AISA opposed the death penalty of nirbhaya rape.. Neha bora is the national president of AISA. Yes, Read this again.."

Opposing the death penalty is a stance on the penal system and state execution, not a defense of the crime or the perpetrators.

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What we checked

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Neha Bora is the national president of the All India Students Association (AISA).Times of India

The All India Students Association (AISA) opposed the death penalty for the convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape case.No reliable source found for this yet.

How it plays you

It wants you to think: "Student activists who oppose capital punishment are actually supporters of rapists."

Opposing the death penalty is a policy stance on state execution and crime deterrence, not a defense of perpetrators or their actions. Human rights lawyers and women's groups have stated that they believe capital punishment is counterproductive to stopping sexual violence.

Guilt by association: "Neha bora is the national president of AISA.". It links the student organization's policy stance directly to its current national president to direct personal outrage against her.

Short version

⚠️ MISLEADING 👉 The Reel misrepresents a stance against capital punishment as 'defending rapists.' While news reports confirm that Neha Bora is the national president of AISA, equating opposition to the death penalty with supporting perpetrators is a false equivalence. 🎭 Trick: Fake comparison 🔎 Full check: send this post to @checkthis.chat

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