A disturbing video purporting to show a Hindu mob severely beating a Muslim man in India has gone viral. It shows a group of people publicly beating up a helpless man on a road with sticks.

Verified accounts on twitter, including @stairwayto3dom claimed in a twitter post that the video shows the Muslim man being brutally beaten up by Hindu mob during day time. The tweet was made on April 4, 2024, wich has received an about 10.2k views on X. The archive can be read from above.

What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact

The truth is that these assertions are unfounded and fraudulent. This is an old capture from the Baran district of Rajasthan, when in November 2023, a man known as Annirudh Nagar, also known as Jassu, was severely beaten by 7-8 people due to a long-standing grudge. Annirudh Nagar is charged in a case where some of his attackers were victims, and the police claim that he has a criminal history. The victim and the accused are of the same religion and are unrelated to any incidents of religious hate crimes.

The official account of @BaranPolice tweeted “Case has been registered and investigation is ongoing.” on Nov 28, 2023.

प्रकरण दर्ज किया जाकर अनुसंधान जारी है

— Baran Police (@BaranPolice) November 28, 2023

We visited NDTV, which published an article on this incident on Novemeber 27, 2023 with the headline “Man Beaten With Sticks, Iron Rods In Rajasthan’s Baran, Case Filed: Cops”. According to police, the man’s attackers are his neighbours, and the motive for the attack appeared to be a disagreement over a shop. Police stated that a number of people had been arrested for allegedly beating a 40-year-old man with sticks and iron rods in front of the Baran city municipal council building. A video clip that went viral on social media claims, near the city’s Pratap Chowk, Annirudh Nagar, also known as Jassu, was beaten by seven or eight guys, allegedly out of personal animosity. Nagar was seen in the 44-second footage tumbling to the ground from the beating. The video also showed that Nagar was expecting the attack because he was carrying a stick and was holding it in an offensive position with both hands. Police lodged a case under sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 307 (attempt to murder) of the IPC against Ajay Sharma, Sanjay, and Shayamu in connection with the matter, Circle Inspector at Baran City Police Station Rajesh Khatana said, adding that the accused were yet to be arrested. For more clarification, we also went to News 18, which posted about this in an article on Nov 28, 2023 with the heading “Video of brutal attack with sticks and rods openly in the market goes viral on social media”. Silent viewers in the busy market continued to watch the incident without moving forward. At the scene of the brawl, nobody arrived to save this individual. It was about 200-300 metres to the Pratap Chowk police post and the traffic police control room. This is actually what happened in front of the Municipal Council at Pratap Chowk in the city, where a long-standing rivalry led to six individuals attacking a young man with sticks. This resulted in significant injuries for the young man. The injured has been referred to Kota in critical condition. Kotwali CI Rajesh Khatana said that a case will be registered soon regarding the incident. A case will be registered on the basis of medical report. The people seen fighting in the viral video will be traced and a case will be registered against them. We further visited lognews, which wrote about the video clip that surfaced on the social media and went viral. Annirudh Nagar alias Jassu was thrashed by 7-8 men at Pratak Chowk of the city due to personal enemity.

D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:

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ANALYSIS: Misleading

FACT: A sensitive video that shows a group of people beating up a helpless man with sticks publicly on a road has been shared, claiming that a Hindu mob brutally beats a Muslim man in India. The fact is that these claims are fake and baseless. (1/3) pic.twitter.com/Q7TFaSJqOe

— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) April 4, 2024

Intent:

Extremists circulating old videos with communal claims to set their propaganda against India. A sensitive video that shows a group of people beating up a helpless man with sticks publicly on a road has been shared, claiming that a Hindu mob brutally beats a Muslim man in India. These assertions are unfounded and fraudulent, it is a reality. An old video from November 2023 shows a man named Annirudh Nagar, also known as Jassu, being thrashed by 7-8 people in Rajasthan’s Baran area due to an old enemity. Police said that Annirudh Nagar has a criminal history and is facing charges related to an incident where some of his attackers were also victims. Religious hate crimes have nothing to do with the victim or the accused, who share the same religion.

Conclusion:

Claim : A video depicting a group of people publicly assaulting a helpless man with sticks on a road has gone viral, allegedly demonstrating the horrific beating of a Muslim man in India by a Hindu mob.

Fact : The fact is that these claims are fake and baseless. This is an old video from Rajasthan’s Baran district where a man named Annirudh Nagar alias Jassu was thrashed by around 7-8 people in November 2023 over an old enmity. According to the police Annirudh Nagar himself has a criminal background and is accused in a case in which some of his attackers were victims. The accused and victim belong to the same religion and have nothing to do with religious hate crimes.

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