“A young Dalit man named Lakhan’s head was shaved, and he was assaulted by a mob in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut”
Social media posts
Claim dated 27 Mar 2023.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING
What FACTLY found
According to the news reports, the incident did happen in Meerut. Some people in the Brahmpuri area assaulted a man named Lakhan Kumar. The police clarified that the assaulters and Lakhan both belong to the Dalit community and related to each other
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 27 March 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 29 March 2023, 2 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
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