It has been reported that a Hindu man and his relatives harassed a Dalit woman and attempted to rape her after she refused to marry him. This appears in a disturbing video that shows a group of men harassing a woman sitting on a bike with a man.
Several accounts on twitter, including Sikhs are not Hindu (“@akaal_sewak“) made the same claim that Following her refusal to marry him, a dalit woman is harassed by a Hindu man and his relatives, who then attempt to rape her. The tweet was made on Dec 27, 2023, which has received an about 26.9k views on X.
🇮🇳 A cHindu man and his relatives harass a dalit woman and tried to rape her after she refused to marry him. pic.twitter.com/M9Wub9p07E
— Sikhs are not Hindu (@cHindus_rock) December 27, 2023
What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact
The truth is that these assertions are unfounded and fraudulent. This is an old video from September 2021 showing a woman being harassed by six men in the Saran district of Bihar. After the video went viral on October 5, 2021, police swiftly took action against the perpetrators and arrested every accused person connected to the incident.
Hindusthan published an article on this incident and shared the image on Oct 6, 2021. We also visited bhaskar, which posted the article with the headline “चिल्लाती रही महिला, छेड़ते रहे मनचले!:सारण में वीडियो वायरल होने के बाद पुलिस जागी पुलिस, दरियापुर इलाके से चार को किया अरेस्ट, दो अभी भी फरार” on Oct 6, 2021.
We also visited navbharattimes, which updated the article on Oct 6, 2021 with the headline “Chhapra Viral Video : पकड़े गए छपरा के वायरल वीडियो में दिख रहे दरिंदे, बिहार में ‘गिद्ध कल्चर’ कबतक?”
The victim had not lodged a complaint against them, and the woman’s identity had not been revealed. Caste and religion are unrelated to it. The incident happened in a village under the Dariapur police station in the Saran district of Bihar on September 27, 2021. In the past, several RW accounts also disseminated false narratives about this.
The official account of Bihar Police (“@bihar_police“) tweeted the official report of the incident in a twitter post on Oct 7, 2021.
— Bihar Police (@bihar_police) October 7, 2021
Also, DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SARAN (“@Saran_dm“) tweeted “Within 8 hours of receiving information about the viral video, Saran Police verified the incident site and identified all the 6 accused. 4 accused involved in the viral video have been arrested, the arrest of the remaining accused is likely soon. @nildeoreIAS” and attached the official report on Oct 6, 2021.
सारण पुलिस द्वारा वायरल वीडियो की सूचना प्राप्त होने के 8 घंटे के अंदर घटनास्थल का सत्यापन कर सभी 6 अभियुक्तों की पहचान कर ली गई है।वायरल वीडियो में शामिल 4 अभियुक्तों को गिरफ्तार कर लिया गया है,शेष अभियुक्तों की गिरफ्तारी शीघ्र ही संभावित है।@nildeoreIAS pic.twitter.com/OEJ3nWPgrL
— DISTRICT ADMlNISTRATION SARAN (@Saran_dm) October 6, 2021
Check out our reference tweet:
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— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) July 25, 2023
ANALYSIS:Misleading
FACT:A sensitive old video is being circulated as a recent incident in Bihar which shows a group of miscreants molesting a woman on a bike,fact is that this is old incident from Dariapur, Bihar where miscreants molested the woman in September 2021.(1/3) pic.twitter.com/t6uyk4Zx0L
D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
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— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) December 28, 2023
ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A disturbing video that shows a group of men harassing a woman sitting on a bike with a man has been shared, claiming that a Hindu man and his relatives harassed a Dalit woman and tried to rape her after she refused to marry him. (1/4) pic.twitter.com/ietoBjx1yJ
Intent:
Propaganda accounts are circulating old videos with false claims to set their propaganda based on caste. These claims are unfounded and fraudulent, that much is true. This old video shows a woman being harassed by six men in September 2021 in the Saran district of Bihar. When the video went viral on October 5, 2021, police quickly moved to apprehend all of the accused parties involved in the incident, even though the victim had not yet filed a complaint against them and the woman’s identity had not been made public. Religion and caste played no role in this. A village under the jurisdiction of the Dariapur police station in the Saran district of Bihar was the scene of the incident on September 27, 2021. False narratives were also disseminated by multiple RW accounts in the past.
Conclusion:
Claim : The story goes that a Hindu man and his relatives harassed a Dalit woman and attempted to rape her after she refused to marry him. The disturbing video depicts a group of men harassing a woman sitting on a bike with a man.
Fact : The truth is that these assertions are unfounded and fraudulent. This is an old video from September 2021 showing a woman being harassed by six men in the Saran district of Bihar. After the video went viral on October 5, 2021, police took action against the accused and arrested them, who are being related to the incident. The victim had not filed a complaint against them, and the woman’s identity had not been revealed. Caste and religion are unrelated to it. The incident happened in a village under the jurisdiction of the Dariapur police station in the Saran district of Bihar on September 27, 2021. In the past, several RW accounts also disseminated false narratives about this.
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