“Recent video of police nabbing youth for brandishing swords in a bike rally in Assam”
Social media posts
Claim dated 23 Apr 2022.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING
What FACTLY found
The video is from 2020 not a recent one. In October 2020, a group of men taking out bike rally brandishing swords in Tinsukia, Assam, were intercepted by a police vehicle. A person nabbed in the incident said that he was from Bajrang Dal and that he was part of the procession taken out on ‘Ashtra Poojan’
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 23 April 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 25 April 2022, 2 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
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