“A video of a boy being brutally beaten by a teacher in an orphanage in Haridwar at a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) training class.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 6 Apr 2024.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING
What FACTLY found
The incident in the video is neither from an orphanage in Haridwar nor from an RSS training class. The incident took place in ‘Kishori Balika Vidyalaya’, a private school in Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh. A teacher named Satish Joshi brutally beat a student for running away from school without informing
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 6 April 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 8 April 2024, 2 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/reel/407854835361214
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.