“A video allegedly showing policemen beating a group of Muslim people in an attempt to stop them from voting is being widely shared on social media. We found that the claims shared with the video are false.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 7 May 2019.
BBC Hindi rated thisFalse
In short
This claim spread on social media around 7 May 2019. BBC Hindi (India) looked into it and published its finding on 8 May 2019, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Post on Xhttps://twitter.com/BjpCorrupt/status/1125088590868860928
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/OSIXMEDIA/videos/334141633951131/
Links recorded by BBC Hindi. Some posts may have been deleted since.
This check was done by BBC Hindi, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.