A video has been circulating showing a biker molesting schoolgirls on the road, followed by footage of policemen publicly parading and assaulting a man. Claims associated with this video suggest that a Muslim individual molested schoolgirls in Uttar Pradesh and was subsequently dealt with by the UP Police, while others claim it shows Rajasthan police handling a molestation case. However, we found that the CCTV footage is from June 2024, and the segment showing police beating a man is from Narsinghpur, Madhya Pradesh.
Sharing the video on X (Formerly Twitter) propagandist account @RealBababanaras wrote. “Abdul was molesting school girls every day. His activity captured on CCTV camera. The rest job done by UP police. Do you support this action of police?”
Abdul was molesting school girls every day. His activity captured in CCTV camera. Rest job done by UP police.
— Baba Banaras™ (@RealBababanaras) December 20, 2024
Do you support this action of police ? pic.twitter.com/Viuo3QiPWb
Several other users, influencers including media outlets also shared the video and made similar claims. Their posts can be seen here @NavbharatTimes, @AmitLeliSlayer, @ajaychauhan41, @gharkekalesh. @FrontalForce
The truth about the viral video of policemen publicly parading and 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 and found that the video contains two different and unrelated incidents.
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 a Facebook post containing the same visuals uploaded on 12 December 2024. According to the Facebook post, this video depicts police action against the accused in the murder case of Madhur Chaurasiya in Narsinghpur.
Taking a cue from the Facebook post, we ran relevant keyword searches and found media reports regarding the murder of Madhur Chaurasiya. According to the media reports (1, 2), Madhur Chaurasiya was murdered due to a transaction dispute in Gadarwara, the accused was identified as Vikas Neeras (Kuchbandiya).
We also found local news media reports containing the same visuals. This occurred on 8 December 2024, involving Vikas Neeras (Kuchbandiya), accused of murdering Madhur Chaurasiya due to a transaction dispute in Gadarwara. The police parading man has nothing to do with Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, or allegations of rape in this incident. The details about the video of biker molesting girls remain unverified.
Therefore, it is evident from D-Intent Data’s Fact Check that the video contains two different and unrelated incidents. The claims circulated are not true.
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— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) December 21, 2024
ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A video has been circulating showing a biker molesting schoolgirls on the road, followed by footage of police parading and publicly beating a man. Claims associated with this video suggest that a Muslim individual molested schoolgirls in UP (1/4) pic.twitter.com/3yK6LW8Vmb
Intent
Users and Influencers are circulating sensitive videos with misleading claims to set their narrative.
Conclusion
Claim– The video depicts UP Police action against a man who molested school girls in Uttar Pradesh.
Fact – The first video’s location is unverified and the second segment of the video is from Narsinghpur, Madhya Pradesh.
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