OpIndia wrote a story on June 6 claiming that a woman was allegedly raped at the Tikri border during the farmers’ protest. The right-wing propaganda outlet claimed that a nurse was allegedly molested by volunteers at a medical centre run by the protestors. Another woman alleges rape at Tikri border, nurse says she was molested by volunteers at a medical centre run for the protesters https://t.co/bdNxEneeDn — OpIndia.com (@OpIndia_com) June 9, 2021 This story alleged the second such incident at the Tikri border. Last month, the father of a 25-year-old woman from West Bengal registered an FIR alleging his daughter was gang-raped at the protest site. The woman had come to the border in April and her father found out about the alleged rape after she was admitted to the hospital for COVID. The woman passed away on April 30. According to Hindustan Times, the primary accused Anil Malik admitted to sexually assaulting her twice. Two other accused have been absconding. OpIndia’s story claims that less than a month after the alleged gang rape, another case of alleged molestation and rape has been reported from the protest site. The outlet based its story on a Twitter thread by one Shivani Dhillon who posted screenshots of the woman detailing her ordeal on an Instagram post. Shocking news!!! Molestation and rape incident reported from Tikri Border. Punjabi nursing assistant molested and raped by criminal elements in disguise as farmers. Why no one is reporting and taking note. A detailed story on the molestation & rape in this thread. Must read. pic.twitter.com/0SqULwxms1 — Shivani dhillon (@shivani_sikh) June 4, 2021 BJP media panellist Charu Pragya shared OpIndia’s story. Soon after, BJP members including spokesperson Gaurav Goel used the hashtag #दुष्कर्म_हॉटस्पॉट_आन्दोलनजीवी (misdemeanour hotspot andolanjeevi) to claim that the woman was raped and molested. Another women volunteer at protest site told her horrific tale of molestation and rape.#दुष्कर्म_हॉटस्पॉट_आन्दोलनजीवी — Gaurav Goel (@goelgauravbjp) June 12, 2021 Many others – BJP Delhi vice president Sunil Yadav, BJP member Narendra Kumar Chawla, BJP activist Aniket Masankar – shared a story by Dainik Jagran using the same hashtag. According to Jagran, farmer leaders did not take cognisance even after they were informed that the woman was raped. BJP Delhi spokesperson Neetu Dabas shared a report by Newsroom Post that also claimed the woman was raped. BJP supporters further amplified the claim – fake news website Postcard News founder Mahesh Vikram Hegde, fake news portal Kreately and Twitter users @MJ_007Club and @YourRishbh. The Frustrated Indian also wrote an article that said that the possibility of a ‘second rape’ should be reason enough for the government to clear out the area. CNN News18 aired an exclusive report on June 9 reporting that the woman was molested but is yet to file a police complaint. Shivani Dhillon indeed shared the Instagram post of the woman alleging that she was harassed at the Tikri border. However, nowhere in her statement does she claim that she was raped or molested. Her Instagram post says that she was given a room with women protestors at Pind California, which is a makeshift camp set up by US-based cardiologist Dr Swaiman Singh who has been volunteering at the protest site. “Singh leveraged his network to mobilise nearly 100 doctors to be posted at the protest sites on a rotational basis” apart from providing blankets, masks and other necessities to the protestors, Al Jazeera had reported. The woman claimed that two volunteers of Dr Singh had harassed her on her third day at the border. She named these volunteers ‘S’ and ‘B’ in her post. The woman wrote on Instagram, “On the evening of my third day there, I was latching the door [of my room] but there was a problem with it [the latch] so S helped me…when another volunteer, let´s call him B, on seeing us together said ´Ki khichadi pakk rahi hai donan ch?’ (What’s going on with you two?) indecently insinuating that we were romantically/ sexually involved. I took offence to it and asked him what he meant by it. He said in his devilish laugh ‘Kuch nhi, kuch nhi’ I thought S would clear his confusion but he was laughing too with B, totally enjoying that his name was getting associated with mine. I felt very insulted and decided to stop them before they dared say any more bullshit about my character. I held B by his ears and also lightly slapped him on his back (not too seriously as I was aware that I was the only girl atm (at the moment) there so afraid of retaliation if they tried). While doing it, I asked him if he would say the same for his sister too? Instead of apologizing, he went into denial mode.