Rohtak Bravehearts and the truth

One day, Rohtak sisters were the hero of the nation and few days after, they were made shrewd girls to make the income through beating innocent boys. The Haryana govt. one day announces to give them bravery award and holds the same decision after few days.

The beaten up boys came forward and told a different story altogether about the girls, that they were asking for a scooty in exchange of returning of case. The girls say the boys are lying. So, it's not possible they all are saying the truth.

Let us analyse their body language and try to find out , who is telling the truth.

The Girls

1.Fidgeting

Unfortunately, we couldn't find the video, where we can see , clear fidgeting before the question is being asked about the second video. The upper body is calm and relaxed but the legs shows the restlessness. It may be said that they were anxious because of continuous media inference, but then they showed no such gestures or expressions for the media persons.

2. Lip Pursing

The younger sister was seen pursing her lips , when she mentions the lady who was pregnant. Lip pursing means withholding some information. Here, when she mentions the pregnant woman, she immediately purses her lips, suggesting that she is keeping some information about the woman. 

3. Micro-expression-Happiness

We then saw her, flashing a micro-expression of happiness or a micro-smile while giving the statement , "they started touching us". A victim of physical or sexual assault is more likely to show anger, sadness or even shame while mentioning about the incident, which lacks here.

4. Defensiveness

In almost all the videos you can see these two sisters with folded hands. In this picture the hand of the younger sister is held inside the shawl, considering , it is winter, it might happen that she is feeling cold, but if you look at other videos, you could see the defensive posture. 

Also, the elder sister is seen with open hands, but if you look closely you can see, she has kept a notebook on her lap. 

We tend to keep something in front of us , to cover our chest or on the lap ,to cover our vital organs, when we are feeling vulnerable, which gives us a sense of security. 

5. Eye-blocking

Eye blocking happens when people don't want to see the lie they are saying. When people squint, rub or shield their eyes, they are hearing or saying something they do not want to see or acknowledge. Sometimes, people close their eyes, it is like blinking but a longer version of that, while mentioning the sequences of event. This also raises doubt as this behaviour is not seen in the general behaviour pattern.

6. Generalisation

Generalization is again seen in-spite of expected answers,when question related to the second video was asked. 

a.When the reporter asked, why the bad gestures or signalling of the boys was not captured in the video. The girl answered," these are my medals and certificates" which was not required and  is a generalisation.

b. Why it is only your video which is being released and captured? To which she answers," It's not rare to be teased by a man.", which is again a generalisation.

 Generalisation is a technique used by the liar to avoid a flat lie. 

7. Backing Off

When the older sister says , " My sister started beating them by belt to save me." She immediately retreats back, as if she is not the part of the message,she just said. Backing off is the cue, which lets us know, which part of the event, the person doesn't believe. 

The Boy

1.Hands either folded or not visible

 Hands are known as the trust indicators in the world of non verbal communications. We either see the guy's hands crossed or it is not visible at all, which is creating doubt. In the latter picture, you can see the hands are crossed over his vital organs, suggesting he is scared of what is going on here. 

One can also think, it is the fear of not to be believed since he is innocent, but we will get to that.

2. Robot like & memorized speech

If you listen to the speech it sounds like robot, without any emotion and memorized. When the reporter asks the guy about the other friend, he mentions twice that the person boarded the bus with "Ghee", which strikes a doubt. Why would anyone remember if it is "Ghee" or "milk" or anything, when there are serious allegations. 

3.Self soothing gesture

The guy is seen caressing his hand, when the reporter asks him if the girls demanded scooty or any money from them, and he says yes, but he doesn't remember it. The self soothing gesture, is to calm oneself down. It generally happens when we say something we don't believe or we want to make ourselves believe about the statement.

4. Blocking posture

The whole time, this guy was seen with a blocking posture. Look at his hand , how the hand is clutched to the other arm, symbolizing the defensive or blocking behaviour. 

5. Micro-expression- Contempt

 When the guy says ," Humari koi galti nahi thi ( It was not our mistake) ". He shows the micro-expression of contempt. Feeling contempt is either feeling superiority or feeling the others, inferior. In this case, it was a clear case of superiority, as the girls were annoyed and left the place. 

6. Delightful 

 This snapshot was taken from the latest video ( 3 days ago), Here, you can see him, mentioning the same incident, but he is looking as if he knows the case is his favour. He can't control his smile. 

The case was strangled more because both the parties are lying. None of them is saying the entire truth. 

Half truth is harmful than a lie.

Here are links of the videos:

The girls' cues - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0qsmmM5ysw

The guy's cues -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BaLimT7DGk

Memorized speech- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Asmx3y01vo

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