“The video shows police brutally beating Dalits on the road to protect upper-caste interests.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 1 Jul 2025.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The video is not real. It is behind-the-scenes footage from the film Deadly Soma 2, shot in Karnataka. Multiple angles of the shoot were shared by a Kannada entertainment page, confirming it was part of a movie production, not a real incident.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 1 July 2025. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 2 July 2025, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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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.