“Video showing Hindutva radicalised cops beating an elderly Muslim man”
What FACTLY found
The video is from April 2020 and is not a recent one. The police in the video were using force to disperse the crowd who were gathered unlawfully, violating the COVID-19 lockdown guidelines. The crowd attacked the cops who sustained injuries; several were booked by Bareilly police for allegedly attacking the policemen in Uttar Pradesh
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 16 June 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 17 June 2022, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid024kcuToiC6EezzhfzCUZXpre4HRNJQqFv…
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.