A video showing a group of lawyers assaulting a man in police custody while officers attempt to protect him has been circulating with the claim that it depicts the lawyers assaulting the person who vandalized Dr Ambedkar’s statue. However, this claim is false. The video is unrelated to the Ambedkar statue vandalism case in Amritsar. It is from Raipur, where an accused in the attack on a senior advocate in Shivanand Nagar was assaulted by lawyers at the Raipur Court premises.
Sharing the video on X (Formerly Twitter) @TheJonyVerma wrote, You cannot live peacefully in India by breaking Baba Saheb’s statue. No one can save you. Now see how this bastard is being treated like a dog. Next time if anyone breaks Baba Saheb’s statue, first break it properly, then give it to the police, and then the police will also break it. Jai Bhim. (Translated from Hindi).
भारत में बाबा साहब की मूर्ति तोड़कर तुम चैन से जी नहीं सकते
— Adv Jony Ambedkarwadi 🇮🇳 (@TheJonyVerma) January 28, 2025
तुम्हें कोई नहीं बचा सकता
अब देखो इस म****** की कैसे कुत्ते जैसी हालत हो रही है
अगली बार कोई भी बाबा साहब की मूर्ति तोड़ है तो पहले उसे अच्छे से तोड़ो, उसके बाद पुलिस को दो फिर उसे पुलिस वाले भी तोड़ेंगे।
जय भीम 🙏 pic.twitter.com/L3ffIVrYTq
Propaganda account @seemabodhi also disseminated the video and wrote, “Manuwadi who broke Baba Saheb’s statue in Amritsar was beaten up during his court appearance”.
अमृतसर में बाबासाहेब की मूर्ति तोड़ने वाले मनुवादी की कोर्ट में पेशी के दौरान पिटाई👇 pic.twitter.com/F9cjKK3fhQ
— Seema Budh (@seemabodhi) January 28, 2025
Several other users, influencers and propagandists have also shared the video and made similar claims. Their posts can be seen here, @vimleshAzamgarh, @AnandOmhari, @DeepakAzad84065, @rohitraoBSP001.
The truth about the video of lawyers assaulting a man, Fact Check
As soon as the posts containing the video and claims came to our notice. Subsequently, we conducted research and analysis of the video. We found that the video was not related to Ambedkar’s statue vandalism in Amritsar.
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. According to the reports (1, 2), the video was from Raipur, where an accused in the attack on a senior advocate in Shivanand Nagar was assaulted by lawyers at the Raipur Court premises. The incident occurred on January 17, 2025, while the statue’s vandalism took place on January 26, 2025.
Furthermore, the individual assaulted in Raipur Court has been identified as Ajay Singh, whereas the person involved in the Amritsar statue vandalism case is Akashdeep Singh.
Therefore, it is evident from verified sources that the video was unrelated to Ambedkar’s statue vandalism in Amritsar or any other place.
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— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) January 28, 2025
ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT:A video showing a group of lawyers assaulting an individual in police custody while officers attempt to protect him is being shared with a misleading claim that it depicts the lawyers assaulting the person who vandalized Dr.Ambedkar's statue.(1/4) pic.twitter.com/2jliaMHhXc
Intent
Influencer and propagandist accounts are circulating videos from Chhattisgarh with misleading claims to set their narrative.
Conclusion
Claim– The video depicts an individual who vandalized Dr Ambedkar’s statue in Amritsar and was assaulted by lawyers.
Fact– The video was falsely linked to Ambedkar’s statue vandalism in Amritsar. It showed lawyers assaulting an accused in a Raipur court related to another case.
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