New Delhi: A video has gone viral with the claim that a Muslim man and woman beat up a police officer at Civil Lines in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly, for issuing them a fine.
In the 25-second video, shared by Twitter user Gagan Goyal Thursday morning, a woman in a salwar kameez can be seen hitting the officer with a blue chappal (slipper) and a man in a checkered shirt striking his face while others try to pry them away.
Goyal, who is an engineer according to her bio, tagged the Uttar Pradesh Police and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in her tweet. The caption accompanying the video, in Hindi, read: “This video shows what will happen to India’s future. The truth is this country faces more threats from within than the outside”. The video has over 47,000 views and has been retweeted 3,000 times.
बरेली सिविल लाईन्स न्यूज पुलिस द्वारा चालान काटने पर मुसलमानो ने उनकी पिटाई की,जो कानून को चुनौती है,यह विडियो बताता है कि आगे हिन्दुस्तान मे क्या क्या होगा,कौन देश चलाएगा,सबका भविष्य क्या होगा,सच यह है कि देश को बाहर से ज्यादा अन्दर से ज्यादा खतरा है @Uppolice @myogiadityanath pic.twitter.com/HqGDrnLsVq
— वन्दे भारतम् Ms Gagan Goyal (@gagangoyal1968) January 21, 2021
Activist Madhu Kishwar, who has over 2 million followers on Twitter, also shared the video late Thursday night with the caption, “Koi hairaani nahi ki desh bhar mein police afsar Muslim ilaakon mein jaane se darte hai! (It’s no wonder police officers across the country are afraid to go to Muslim localities)”
She also accused the government of lacking the “courage” to openly call out such attempts to “break” the nation.
कोई हैरानी नहीं कि देश भर में पुलिस अफसर मुस्लिम इलाकों में जाने में डरते है!
हजारों मिनी पाकिस्तान बनने दिए हमारे हुक्मरानों ने।
भारत के टुकड़े करने कि तैयारी पूरी है और हमारी सरकार में हिम्मत नहीं जों खुल के यह खतरा स्वीकार भी कर सकें https://t.co/45gzfbXJlY
— Madhu Purnima Kishwar (@madhukishwar) January 21, 2021
This is not the first time Kishwar has spread misinformation. Two months ago, Kolkata Police booked the activist for tweeting a video of an Islamic rally in Bangladesh, claiming that it was held in Kolkata. Kishwar subsequently apologised saying she received the video from a friend.
Dear @KolkattaPolice, I have never knowingly indulged in spreading fake news.
I deleted it the moment afriend called & alerted me.
This video was sent to me by an otherwise reliable friend.
My sincere apologies for having forwarded it, mistaking procession in Dacca for Kolkatta https://t.co/S4cz4pY7Rp
— Madhu Purnima Kishwar (@madhukishwar) November 9, 2020
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Fact check
The video, however, is at least three years old and was shared in August 2018.
The incident took place in Balram Nagar on the Loni border, Ghaziabad at a State Bank of India branch. A police constable posted at the bank was beaten up by relatives of a customer over some corrections in an Aadhaar card.
According to the police, a local resident, identified as Imran, had come to the bank to get some corrections made on his Aadhaar card but was asked to leave after jumping the queue and trying to speak to the bank official directly.
The accused returned with a group of 10-15 people, including a woman, who allegedly beat up the constable. An FIR was registered against the group for rioting and assaulting a police officer on duty.
On 27 August 2018, Ghaziabad Police released a video statement on the incident and said that action was being taken against those in the video.
#Ghaziabadpolice ~ सोशल मीडिया पर वायरल थाना लोनी बॉर्डर क्षेत्र की वीडियो जिसमे 'पुलिसकर्मी के साथ महिला/युवक द्वारा बदतमीजी/मारपीट' की जा रही है। उक्त सम्बन्ध में जानकारी देते हुए @SspGhaziabad की वीडियो बाईट। @dgpup @Uppolice @adgzonemeerut @igrangemeerut @upcoprahul pic.twitter.com/TTZ0xuOXxm
— GHAZIABAD POLICE (@ghaziabadpolice) August 27, 2018
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So what if the video is old? But attackers were M class na? So that says something about them.
Old hence fake
Great.
You cant hide the truth
So this is this how paid left media whitewash the fact.
It is old so fake.
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