“Police punished a Mulsim man for mocking a cow in Uttar Pradesh.”
What FACTLY found
The viral post combines three different incidents. The photo of a man with a police officer standing behind him is from July 2023, linked to a case involving flesh being thrown near a Hanuman Temple in Haryana. The video of a man being dragged by police while saying, “Cow is our mother,” is from October 2022, involving the arrest of Irshad alias Sonu for cow smuggling in Uttar Pradesh. However, we couldn’t identify the man mocking the cow as his social media handle was deleted, and we found n...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 15 December 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 16 December 2024, 1 day later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/reel/4013273942242702
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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.