“Video of people from UP attacking the men accused of attacking & shaving off the beard of an elderly man in Ghaziabad”
Social media posts
Claim dated 17 Jun 2021.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The video actually shows an incident of a mob beating up three men who allegedly tried to extort money from a vegetable seller by entering his house in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri area. Multiple news agencies have reported the incident. The video has nothing to do with the Ghaziabad incident
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 17 June 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 18 June 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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