A video purporting to depict a group of individuals (mainly advocates) fighting has gone viral, with the accusation being made that Gaurav Bhatia, the spokesperson for the BJP, was being thrashed by lawyers in Gautam Budh Nagar.
@Manishkumarttp tweeted “Video of beating goes viral Lawyers of Uttar Pradesh Noida Court are on strike, Gaurav Bhatia is showing arrogance of power to them The lawyers nailed it!” on March 21, 2024. The tweet has received an about more than 2.5k views on it.
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Several other accounts, including @s_afreen7, @Da___Engineer, @RaghavTrivedi18, @RoflEpicDon, @AsianDigest, @Jeetuburdak, @Iparvesh22, @Swaradha_Patil, @ghoshi_manjeet, @tanmoyofc, @HateDetectors, @Bina_j_2000, @rohitagarwal850, @ghoshi_manjeet made the same claim that BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia got thrashed in Gautam Budh Nagar by lawyers after a brawl. The archive can be read from above.
What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact
These assertions are false and unfounded. The incident involving Gaurav Bhatia is from Gautam Budh Nagar, not Delhi, despite the fact that the police vehicles in the background are marked “Delhi Police.” This clip is from the 2019 Tis Hazari Court in Delhi, where lawyers and police clashed.
We visited livelaw.in, which published an article on this incident on March 21, 2024 with the headline “Supreme Court Takes Suo Motu Case Over Attack On Sr Adv Gaurav Bhatia & Woman Lawyer By Striking Advocates At District Court”. The attacks on Senior Advocate Gaurav Bhatia and Advocate Muskan Gupta in the District Court, Guatam Budh Nagar, by lawyers during a strike by the District Court Advocates, brought a suo motu case before the Supreme Court on Thursday, March 21.Senior Advocate Mr. Vikas Singh brought up the urgent matter of Senior Advocate Gaurav’s mistreatment and mishandling on March 21.The video was uploaded in Youtube on November 6, 2019.
Check out the Youtube Video:
D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
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ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A video showing a group of people (mostly advocates) involved in a brawl has been shared, claiming that BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia was getting thrashed by lawyers in Gautam Budh Nagar. These claims are fake and baseless. (1/3) pic.twitter.com/O2LkznP6q3
Intent:
Political influencers are circulating unrelated videos with false claims to set their political narrative to influence the upcoming general elections in 2024. A video showing a group of people (mostly advocates) involved in a brawl has been shared, claiming that BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia was getting thrashed by lawyers in Gautam Budh Nagar. These claims are false and unsubstantiated. The police vehicles in the background had Delhi Police written on them, whereas the incident involving Gaurav Bhatia occurred in Gautam Budh Nagar, not Delhi. This video shows a clash between lawyers and police at Delhi’s Tis Hazari Court in 2019.
Conclusion:
Claim : A video of a group of individuals (mainly advocates) fighting has been circulated, claiming that BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia was thrashed by lawyers in Gautam Budh Nagar.
Fact : These claims are fake and baseless. The fact is that the police vehicles in the background have written Delhi Police on them, whereas the incident regarding Gaurav Bhatia is from Gautam Budh Nagar, not Delhi. This video is from Lawyers and Police Clash at Delhi’s Tis Hazari Court, 2019.
