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“Video of a Muslim beating a monkey to death”
Social media posts Claim dated 15 Apr 2018.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

The video is from a 2017 incident when a person named Pawan Bangar was seen brutally beating a monkey to death for straying into his farm. Action was taken against the person under Wildlife Protection Act, 1972

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 15 April 2018. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 14 December 2021, 1339 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

Where the claim appeared

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