A video currently circulating online depicts a distressing scene where policemen are seen beating a man with sticks while several girls try to shield him from the police. The footage has been shared with claims that it represents a recent incident of Police brutality against Muslims in India. However, D-Intent Data has found that the video is not recent and has nothing to do with religious hate crimes.
Sharing the video on X (Formerly Twitter), Bangladesh-based account @ChiddikaAb31861 wrote. “I would like to ask the Indian government and citizens to stop torturing Muslims living in India. Otherwise the result will not be good”. (Translated from Bengali) .
Several other users and influencers have also shared the video and made similar claims, their posts can be seen here. DrMDAzharu62345, NotunBangla71
The truth about the viral video of Police brutality against Muslims, Fact Check
As soon as the posts containing the visuals of police action against protestors came to our notice, we conducted research and analysis of the video and found that the video is old and has nothing to do with atrocities against minority communities.
To verify the claims made by the users. We performed a reverse image search of some key frames from the viral video on Google Lens. This led us to several media reports containing the same visuals. According to the media reports. This video is from New Delhi’s Okhla locality showing police action against anti-CAA protestors in December 2019.
The video is not recent and is not related to religious hate crimes against Muslims. In reality, this video is from December 2019, capturing a moment from the anti-CAA protests in Delhi, where police were involved in violent clashes with demonstrators. The video is unrelated to any current incidents of religious hate crime.
Hence, it is evident from D-Intent Data’s Fact Check that the video of police action against protestors is not recent and has nothing to do with religious hate crimes.
Intent
Bangladesh-based accounts are circulating old videos with misleading claims to set their narrative against India to hide the violence in Bangladesh.
Conclusion
Claim– Recent video shows atrocities against Muslims in India.
Fact– This is an old video from Delhi showing police action against anti-CAA protestors in December 2019.
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