“The video shows police catching Muslim miscreants in Uttar Pradesh.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 1 Feb 2025.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The incident in the viral video occurred on 28 December 2022, in Pune, Maharashtra—not Uttar Pradesh. Bharathi Vidyapeeth police confirmed that the individuals involved were minors, not Muslims, and that there was no communal angle
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 1 February 2025. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 25 February 2025, 24 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/reel/
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