A sensitive, disturbing video of five or six people brutally assaulting a defenceless young man with sticks has gone viral and is being portrayed as a reliogious based hate crime.
Verified accounts on twitter, including @stairwayto3dom tweeted “HINDUS ASSAULT A CIVILIAN WITH STICKS IN BROAD DAYLIGHT” on March 19, 2024. The tweet has received an about 14.3k views on X.
HINDUS ASSAULT A CIVILIAN WITH STICKS IN BROAD DAYLIGHT pic.twitter.com/QvuzlTPL7q
— The Saviour (@stairwayto3dom) March 19, 2024
The video once again became viral during 2022. The Dalit Voice (“@ambedkariteIND“) tweeted “#Horrible A young man was given a Talibani punishment, they kept beating mercilessly and clapping, the incident is painful. A Dalit youth was publicly thrashed and abused by alleged upper caste people in Sangareddy, Telangana.” on July 5, 2022.
#Horrible A young man was given a Talibani punishment, they kept beating mercilessly and clapping, the incident is painful.
— The Dalit Voice (@ambedkariteIND) July 5, 2022
A Dalit youth was publicly thrashed and abused by alleged upper caste people in Sangareddy, Telangana.https://t.co/PFLZ5oszFf
Many other accounts, including @SurajKrBauddh, @BijendraKeer, @stairwayto3dom, @dhruvrahtee, @Bernadotte22 made the claim that Begari Naresh, who is a dalit boy, was taken down from his house and was beaten up with sticks in Sangareddy, Telangana. The archive can be read from above.
What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact
This old video actually documents an adulterer from the Sangareddy area of Telangana who beat up a married man for having extramarital activities with a married woman. In July 2022, the man was thrashed by the woman’s family when they were discovered by her husband. The accused was the subject of a case that was filed, and legal action was pursued. Although the incident is mostly about extramarital affairs, a well-known propagandist spread the false information has with a casteist twist.
We visited Telangana Today, which published an article on this incident on July 4, 2022 with the headline”Man attacked over extra-marital affair in Sangareddy”. A gang of individuals brutally beat a married guy with sticks, accusing him of having an extramarital affair with a woman from their family, in Chelemamidi village, Jharasangam Mandal. Begari Naresh, 26, was recognised as the victim. The family members of the woman were seen beating him brutally with sticks. Later, some people took Naresh to Area Hospital Zaheerabad after he fell unconscious. Following a complaint from his parents, the Jharasangam Police have filed a case against 11 individuals. DSP Zaheerabad Raghu is investigating the crime. We further went to siasat.com, which wrote about this incident in an article on July 5, 2022 with the headline “SC man beaten up in Sangareddy village over love affair”. The woman was from the same village, who was in an extramarital affair with B Naresh. This incident has nothing to do with religious based hate crime.
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ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A disturbing, sensitive video that shows a group of 5-6 individuals beating a helpless young man mercilessly with sticks has been shared and projected as a religion-based crime. The fact is that this is an old video related to an adulterer (1/3) pic.twitter.com/wcUrimogBJ
Intent:
Propagandists are circulating old videos with false claims to set their propaganda against India. A disturbing, sensitive video that shows a group of 5-6 individuals beating a helpless young man mercilessly with sticks has been shared and projected as a religion-based crime. This is an old video about an adulterer from Telangana’s Sangareddy region, in which a married man was beaten up for having extramarital encounters with a married woman. In July 2022, the woman’s family and husband caught and brutalised the man. A case was filed against the accused, and appropriate legal action was taken. The incident is about extramarital affairs, but it was previously twisted into a casteist story by a well-known propagandist.
Conclusion:
Claim : A terrifying, sensitive video depicting a group of 5-6 people brutally assaulting a helpless young man with sticks has been circulated and portrayed as a religious crime.
Fact : The fact is that this is an old video related to an adulterer from Telangana’s Sangareddy district, where a married man was beaten up over extra-marital affairs with a married woman. The family members and husband of the woman caught them and thrashed the guy in July 2022. A case was registered against the accused, and action was taken as per law.
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