A disturbing and sensitive video showing two individuals assisting a severely injured girl has been shared with false claims that BJP supporters raped a Dalit girl and shaved her head in India. However, D-Intent Data has found that these allegations are entirely false and fabricated. Reports indicate that the video captures a tragic accident at a village fair in Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj, a 13-year-old girl, suffered severe injuries when her hair got entangled in a swing roller, ripping her entire scalp off.
Sharing the video on X (Formerly Twitter) propaganda account from Bangladesh @ladysikder wrote. “BJP goons raped a Dalit woman and shaved her head. It is not safe for minorities in India.”
The truth about the viral video, Fact Check
As soon as the posts containing the sensitive video and claims came to our notice. Subsequently, we conducted research and analysis of the video and found that the video has nothing to do with molestation.
To verify the claims made by the users. We performed a reverse image search of some key frames from the viral video using Google Lens. This led us to media reports containing the same visuals. We also ran a relevant keyword search and found multiple reports regarding the incident. According to reports(1, 2, 3), In a tragic incident at a village fair in Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj, a 13-year-old girl, suffered severe injuries when her hair got entangled in a swing roller, ripping her entire scalp off. Hence, it has nothing to do with rape and crimes against women.
Therefore, it is evident from D-Intent Data’s Fact Check that the viral video was not related to rape and crimes against women.
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ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A disturbing, sensitive video depicting two individuals assisting a severely injured girl has been shared, claiming that BJP goons raped a Dalit girl and shaved her head in India. The fact is that these claims are false and self-invented. (1/3) pic.twitter.com/HzIOFobqft
Intent
Bangladesh-based anti-India propaganda accounts are circulating videos from Uttar Pradesh with misleading claims to set their narrative against India.
Conclusion
Claim– BJP supporters raped a Dalit girl and shaved her head in India.
Fact– At a village fair in Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj, the girl suffered severe injuries when her hair got entangled in a swing roller, ripping her entire scalp off.
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