A video has gone viral claiming that Hindu villagers beat Christian social workers, showing an elderly woman slapping a man and two other women with a slipper while the two men and the elderly woman can be seen slapping the man.
Crime Reports India (“@AsianDigest“), who reports on Crimes committed against minorities in India, shared the video on twitter, with the caption “Christian social workers beaten by Hindu villagers”. The tweet was made on Oct 6, 2023 and has received an about 10.5k views.
Christian social workers beaten by Hindu villagers pic.twitter.com/BBOkiH1wKh
— Crime Reports India (@AsianDigest) October 6, 2023
@ShaykhSulaiman tweeted “CHRISTIANS BEATEN WITH SHOES BY SANGHIS Source: @stairwayto3dom” on April 3, 2024.
CHRISTIANS BEATEN WITH SHOES BY SANGHIS
— Sulaiman Ahmed (@ShaykhSulaiman) April 2, 2024
Source: @stairwayto3dom pic.twitter.com/3QWLokH2dV
Research, Analysis and Fact: The Truth Revealed
The truth is that while performing a conversion in the Bhiwandi village of Depoli, Christian missionaries of Indian descent confronted the locals and got into a physical altercation that turned physical.
It has been falsely claimed by many users that the Christian social workers were beaten by the Hindu Villagers for being “Christian”.
Digital Pune News (“@DigitalPuneNews”) also shared the incident with the video on X and wrote in Hindi, which translates to “The Christian missionaries who had come to convert to Islam were beaten up in Bhiwandi.”
भिवंडीतील आजीबाईने धर्मांतर करण्यासाठी आलेल्या ख्रिश्चन मिशनरी लोकांना केली मारहाण..
— Digital Pune News (@DigitalPuneNews) October 6, 2023
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Here is a video from a Marathi News youtube channel, which shows, in order to convert the villagers in a village called Depoli in Bhiwandi, Christian missionaries of Indian descent actually went there. They confronted the villagers and got into a fight later.
D- Intent Data disagrees the claim made by several users on social media and reveals the true fact with authenticity.
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— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) October 13, 2023
ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A video that shows an elderly woman beating two women and a man with a slipper while two men and the elderly woman can be seen slapping the man has been shared, claiming that Christian social workers were beaten by Hindu villagers. (1/3) pic.twitter.com/1TxUgWmFXI
Intent
Videos with fabricated claims are making the rounds on misinformation propaganda accounts, which base their propaganda on religion.
Conclusion
Claim : It was claimed that Hindu villagers beat Christian social workers, according to a video that was shared.
Fact: The truth is that while doing a conversion in the Bhiwandi village of Depoli, Christian missionaries of Indian descent confronted the locals and got into a physical altercation that turned physical. Because they were Christians, they were not physically assaulted.
