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“Video shows police beating a person for hurting a calf”
Social media posts Claim dated 26 Mar 2022.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING

What FACTLY found

The person was beaten by the police over charges of theft in a mobile shop; not because of his ill-treatment towards a calf. As the posted video went viral, the Chandauli Police have clarified the same. However, the exact details of the person who was hurting the calf in the video were not found

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

In short

This claim spread on social media around 26 March 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 28 March 2022, 2 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.

Where the claim appeared

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