New Delhi: A video of a man being stripped naked and beaten up near a school in Ambala’s Jain Bazaar locality has been doing the rounds on social media since Monday. It is believed that he teased girl students coming out of the school, making inappropriate gestures.
After being beaten up, he was reportedly handed over to the police and booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
Meanwhile, tweets and Facebook posts have gone viral claiming that the man is a Muslim.
Yashveer Raghav, who calls himself “media panellist” for BJP in his Twitter bio, posted, “In Ambala, a young man from a peaceful community tried to rape a 5-year-old girl, in which the women there grabbed and rolled her naked. Such a disgusting person should be hanged for quick action, if alive…. #Muslims”.
#Haryana के अंबाला में एक शान्तिप्रिय समुदाय के युवक ने 5 साल की लड़की से रेप करने की कोशिश की जिसमें वहां की महिलाओं ने पकड़ कर उसको नंगा करके घुमाया। ऐसे घिनौनी सोच वाले व्यक्ति को त्वरित कार्यवाही करते हुए फांसी पर लटका देना चाहिए, जिंदा रहा तो …… । #Muslims pic.twitter.com/T1poJmlFvQ
— Yashveer S Raghav (@iyashveerraghav) January 21, 2020
A BJP supporter, Upendra Dixit, also tweeted exactly the same text.
https://twitter.com/Upendradixit21/status/1219515379149680640?s=20
https://twitter.com/imAbhishek_20/status/1219510001670057984?s=20
The video is also being shared widely on Facebook with an identical caption, which reads: “In Ambala’s Jain Bazaar, a Muslim man tried to rape a five-year old girl when the women around caught him, stripped him naked and beat him up. Strict legal action should be taken against the person with such a disgusting mentality. At least the people have initiated something. That too women. This should be repeated in every village and town.”
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Fact check
The claim that the man outside the school is a Muslim has been found to be false. Speaking to SM Hoaxslayer, an officer at the women police station concerned denied that he is a Muslim and said he is a “Punjabi Mehra”.
A report in Amar Ujala identifies him as Pawan aka Sonu.
An ANI report said, “A woman has complained that a man named Pawan has been harassing school girls, behaving in a vulgar manner with them. He also used to flash his private parts.”
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