“Video of a Maulvi in India beating a child indiscriminately”
Social media posts
Claim dated 12 Mar 2021.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING
What FACTLY found
The video actually shows an incident of a teacher in a madarsa beating up a child mercilessly in Chittagong, Bangladesh. He was beaten because he ran after his mother, who came to see him on his birthday. This incident has nothing to do with India.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 12 March 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 15 March 2021, 3 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
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