It has been claimed that a teacher in India is beating non-Muslim girls for not wearing a hijab, based on a video that has gone viral and shows a man hitting some of the children who are walking in front of him.
Verified accounts on twitter, including @ajaychauhan41 tweeted “केवल #सेक्युलर भारत में हिजाब न पहनने पर गैर मुस्लिम लड़कियों को सरकारी वित्त पोषित स्कूल में पीटा जाता है।” and shared the video on April 16, 2024. The tweet has received an about 241.9k views on X.
Several other accounts, including @MithilaWaala made the same claim that Hindu girl students are beaten and humiliated for not wearing Hijab in school. The same video was once again viral in Facebook on May 16, 2019.
What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact
The truth is that these assertions are unfounded and fraudulent. If one looks closely, one can notice that the teacher is striking the children who aren’t wearing the school uniform shoes.The teacher hits both the boys and the girls. A girl without a hijab was not hit by the teacher because she was wearing her school uniform shoes. Similar fraudulent assertions were made in the same video that went viral earlier in 2019. The deed in the video cannot be justified, even if the motive was different from what the viral allegations suggest.
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ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A video that shows a man hitting some of the kids walking in front of him has been shared, claiming that a teacher is hitting non-Muslim girls for not wearing a hijab in India. The fact is that these claims are fake and baseless. (1/3) pic.twitter.com/BETwudcC6G
Intent:
Users are circulating years-old videos with false claims to set their religious narrative. A video that shows a man hitting some of the kids walking in front of him has been shared, claiming that a teacher is hitting non-Muslim girls for not wearing a hijab in India. These assertions are unfounded and fraudulent, that much is true. It is clear from close inspection that the teacher is hitting the children who are not wearing the required school shoes.Along with the boys, the teacher also beats the girls. The same video was circulated earlier in 2019 with similar false claims. Although the intention differed from the viral claims, the act in the video cannot be justified.
Conclusion:
Claim : It has been reported that a teacher in India is hitting non-Muslim girls for not wearing a hijab. The video depicts a man hitting some of the children who are walking in front of him.
Fact : The fact is that these claims are fake and baseless. Upon close observation,it can be seen that the teacher is hitting the kids who are not seen wearing school uniform shoes.The teacher not only beats the girls but also the boys.A girl without a hijab was not hit by the teacher because she was wearing her school uniform shoes.
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