A video depicting a man severely and mercilessly beating a lady has gone viral. It purports to show that the man is a BJP worker who is hitting his wife with bricks because she won’t allow him to go to Modi’s event.
Verified accounts on twitter, including @KavitaWrites tweeted “A BJP worker is beating his wife badly with bricks because she refused to let him attend Modi’s event. remove BJP save the country” on March 2, 2024. The tweet has received an about more than 9k views on X. The archive can be read from above.
What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact
This footage, according to reports, comes from Indore, MP, when a guy named Jitendra attacked his first wife over money problems, accompanied by his second wife, mother, and sister. According to reports, the first wife’s husband beat her severely because she would seek for money for household expenses. Every suspected party connected to the incident was detained and taken to prison. It is unrelated to any political activities.
We visited ETV Bharat, which published an article on this incident on Feb 28, 2024 with the headline “इंदौर में दूसरी पत्नी के साथ मिलकर पहली पत्नी पर जानलेवा हमला, लहूलुहान पत्नी को बालकनी से फेंकने की कोशिश”. Also, for more clarification, we also went to khulasafirst.com, which wrote about this incident in article posted on Feb 29, 2024 with the heading “पति-पत्नी में ‘वो’ को लेकर जमकर विवाद और मारपीट : पति सहित चार लोग गिरफ्तार”. These articles clarified the incident in details.
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ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A sensitive video that shows a man mercilessly beating a woman has been shared,claiming that a BJP worker is beating his wife with bricks because she refused to let him attend Modi's event. According to reports this video is from Indore,MP (1/3) pic.twitter.com/mkrpb31Z1l
Intent:
Propagandists are circulating sensitive videos of domestic violence with false claims to set their political narrative. A sensitive video that shows a man mercilessly beating a woman has been shared,claiming that a BJP worker is beating his wife with bricks because she refused to let him attend Modi’s event. According to sources, this video was taken in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, when a guy named Jitendra, his second wife, mother, and sister beat his first wife over financial concerns. According to sources, the first wife used to ask her husband for money for home expenditures, which is why he beat her severely. All of the culprits in the incident were arrested and imprisoned. It has nothing to do with a political incident.
Conclusion:
Claim : A sensiitve video of a man brutally assaulting a woman has been posted, with the idea that a BJP worker is hitting his wife with bricks because she refused to allow him to attend Modi’s event.
Fact : According to reports this video is from Indore,MP where a man named Jitendra along with his second wife, mother and sister attacked his first wife over some financial issues. As per reports, the first wife used to ask her husband for money for household expenses, and that’s why he beat her brutally. All the accused involved in the incident were arrested and sent to jail. It has nothing to do with any political event.
