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“Visuals of a mob attack on a Hindu man for wearing a tilak in Sargodha, Pakistan.”
Social media posts Claim dated 28 May 2024.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING

What FACTLY found

This viral video shows visuals of a mob attack on a Christian man over blasphemy in Sargodha, Pakistan. According to news reports, a Christian shoe factory owner named Nazir Gill Masih is accused of burning pages from the Quran in his residential area in Mujahid Colony, Sargodha, Pakistan. He was subsequently attacked by a mob led by radical Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) activists, numbering over 400 and armed with batons, bricks, and stones on 25 May 2024. The mob also vandalized his fami...

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In short

This claim spread on social media around 28 May 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 29 May 2024, 1 day later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.

Where the claim appeared

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