A video of cops performing ‘aarti‘ of people violating COVID-19 lockdown restrictions is being circulated on different social media platforms. It is being claimed that the video is from Karnataka where police personnel are refraining from using violence on people who violate lockdown rules.
The caption of the Facebook post read: “Karnataka High Court said that the police should not beat the people who violate the lockdown. Therefore the police took arti and let the people go.”
We also found similar posts on Facebook, they can be seen here, here and here.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked this post and found that the video in circulation is old and misleading.
When we extracted keyframes of the video and put them through Reverse Image Search, we found that the longer version of the video was posted on Facebook on April 11, 2020. The caption of the video mentioned that the picture is from Rewa, Madhya Pradesh.
With that information, we tried to locate the exact location on Google Maps and found that the location in the video matches with Sirmour Chowk in Rewa.
We also found a video published by Zee News that stated that the video is from Rewa, Madhya Pradesh.
As per the report, the police first garlanded the people, then offered tilak and performed aarti. Police said that this way the people will feel embarrassed and will stay at home.
The above information proves that the video is old and is from Madhya Pradesh, not Karnataka. Hence, the claim is misleading.
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