New Delhi: After the sudden demise of Bollywood late actor Sushant Singh Rajput on Sunday there were so called his“last tweets” was published and circulated on June 16.
Rajput commited suicide on Sunday in his Bandra apartment.
After cross verifying the tweets it was found that all the Tweets were fake. Many news digital digital platform wrote an emotionally-charged report on these “tweets” where the late actor allegedly hinted taking his own life but subsequently deleted his tweets.However, later they took it down.
The same news was carried out by several other websites like- newstracklive.com, india.com, news4nation.com, Navodaya Times, krkboxoffice.com and verified YouTube channel Fact Diaries. India.com later altered its story into a fact-check.
Sushant Singh Rajput’s last tweet which he deleted later, ‘I’m done with this mediocre success, don’t want fame anymore’ https://t.co/RTuKNGudgc @itsSSR #SushantSinghRajput #RIPSushantSinghRajput pic.twitter.com/o3CJh01EK3
— KRKBOXOFFICE (@KRKBoxOffice) June 16, 2020
The tweets were also featured in a report by Dainik Bhaskar. But the phrase “सुशांत के नाम से वायरल हुए तीन ट्वीट (Three tweets viral in the name if Sushant)” in the title was changed to “अंकिता लोखंडे सुशांत के परिवार से मिलने पहुंची (Ankita Lokhande went to meet Sushant’s family).”
Fake tweets
That these tweets are fake is evident after one close look.
Meanwhile, Journalist Samina Shaikh wrote that Twitter has clarified that the tweets are fake and fabricated.
All the tweets from @itsSSR’s Twitter before his death are fake & fabricated – @TwitterIndia has clarified on the same, kindly don’t believe in these tweets and don’t pass it further…Let him please rest in peace! Please, I beg! ?? pic.twitter.com/w6pjNEkyFd
— Samina Shaikh (@saminaUFshaikh) June 16, 2020