India, Feb. 6 -- The release of more than three million files linked to the late sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein has triggered a wave of lurid claims online, including allegations of cannibalism and "ritualistic sacrifice."

The files were made public after US President Donald Trump allowed the Department of Justice (DOJ) to declassify material connected to Epstein, who died in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

On January 30, the Justice Department released the massive trove of Epstein-related records. Soon after, social media posts began circulating claims that the files accused Epstein or people in his social circle of eating babies, engaging in cannibalism, and participating in ritualistic killin...