Social Media the new Judicial Board of country

Social networking sites have become important part of our life especially with the youngsters. Uploading a video of traffic police taking challan or running a campaign or raising fund or the recent one uploading pic of a man and accusing him of eve teasing and harassing is all just in a matter of click.  Most of us must have read or seen the story of 20 year old Jasleen kaur blaming Sarvjeet singh of abusing and accusing her on road.

I am not here to say who is right or wrong but it's with the media. The moment the video was uploaded the media brigade started interviewing the girl and named Sarvjeet as accused. The overwhelming noise in the media resulted in the boy getting arrested. But even before he was arrested he was labelled as pervert, criminal, molester, abuser and what not by the media and the social media too. On the other hand Jasleen was named as brave heart of India and even rewarded and praised by the Delhi chief minister.  

Dear Media and public he is still not proven guilty so why are you naming him as a molester or pervert. I am not here take anyone's side but then it's' not right to name him as accused till the time he is proven . Instant accusations results in Instant verdict while this is good for the man who really don't deserve to get away but what about the person who is misunderstood or caught in a flood of anger. In the recent times when this kind of cases go viral on social media, most of the times it is seen that no one is interested in knowing the other side of the story. Mostly the other person don't' even get a chance to speak or give clarification of the incident.

During my Journalism days i was always taught when covering a news item get all versions of an incident. Collect facts and figure talking to as many people or witness of incidents and very importantly verify the facts at-least twice.  However i see a totally different scenario here forget about verifying the facts with the people present there none of the media channels or news reporters bothered to take the version of the guy involved. Shockingly national television channels were seen doing character assassination of the Saravjeet, even asking him to apologize while calling Jasleen, a brave-heart of the nation.

The eyewitnesses who came on the camera or gave their quotes clearly states that it was a miscommunication and the guy is not at fault but at one point the girl is wrong. Now the point is whom to believe or whom not. Well in that case let the police do it's work and punish the culprit. Just because a girl posted his pic on social media and accused him of abusing him doesn't make him criminal .

On one side when Jasleen is praised and rewarded the family of Sarvjeet is being accused and humiliated  and all thanks to the social media who have already announced him as culprit and trolling him in every possible way. It's very shameful to see the Media proving him guilty and making opinions without checking the facts. These days Justice seems to be just a click of a button. 

This kind of posts which goes viral on social networking sites raises a vital question: Should we decide the fate of any person on the basis of a social media post?