“Video of a Hindu mob brutally assaulting a Christian in India”
What FACTLY found
The post shared an old video of a mob assaulting a Dalit youth in Vadodara, Gujarat. Alpesh Parmar from Bhayli village in Vadodara district was thrashed by a group of youth belonging to an upper caste for allegedly making unpleasant comments on their social media accounts. The incident took place in December 2022 and the victim was not a Christian
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 17 March 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 5 April 2023, 19 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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