“Video of a Dalit man beaten in Uttar Pradesh”
Social media posts
Claim dated 16 Apr 2022.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING
What FACTLY found
The video is from Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh. However, the victim who was being beaten up in the video is Rajiv Bharadwaj, who is not a Dalit. Though the video went viral recently, the incident is from 13 March 2022. Shahjahanpur Police registered an FIR on 16 April 2022
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 16 April 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 19 April 2022, 3 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
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