“Video showing UP Police beating people in Kanpur during midnight hours”
Social media posts
Claim dated 4 Jun 2022.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The visuals of police beating people is from 2020 in Mumbra, Maharashtra. The incident happened in Shree Lanka area of Mumbra, where the police resorted to lathi-charge when supporters of two local politicians clashed with each other
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 4 June 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 6 June 2022, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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