A video of five transgender harassing a man circulating on social media they saved a man’s head and urinated on him and forced him to consume the urine in Uttar Pradesh is going viral. The alleged incident took place on 26, July 2023,
A few social media users wanted to put a different angle on the incident and shared the video quoting completely different stories related to the incident. A user @manishkumarttp shared the video and tweeted ” In Kasganj’s Sahawar, eunuchs saved a man’s head and urinated on his face. Not only this, he was also robbed of Rs 10000. The victim says that all of them were forcing her to become a eunuch. This heinous crime like urinating on the face has now become a trend under the BJP rule” (Translated in English)
Further other Twitter handles @KashifArsalaan @AhmedKhabeer_ @ShubhamKlive @itsAnjaliT also shared the video and claimed a different story with some misleading facts.
Fact-check
Our team finds the video on social media and starts an investigation and found the police statement of Kasganj Police @kasganjpolice and also a media report covering the news with facts.
Jagran, a popular news site, published a report on 29 July 2023. According to the report, there was a fight between two groups of transgender both the group lived in different areas. In both fractions, there is a fight for supremacy going on for a long time regarding the area where they will operate. The victim worked as a cook under the head of one group. He also goes to dance, sing and beg with the group. The victim was surrounded by five transgenders from another group on that particular day and his head was saved one of the transgender urinated on him and also robbed him. The man alleges that they were trying to make him a transgender too, upon hearing the noise the nearby villager rush to the spot and save the man The man lodged a complaint about the incident and the Kasganj Police arrested all five transgender.
Conclusion
It is evident from the check that the claim made on the viral video is misleading. The actual news related to the incident is completely different. Therefore, the claims of social media users are misleading.
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