A viral video showing a group of police personnel thrashing a man with canes is being widely shared on social media claiming that it shows cops beating up an ambulance driver, who allegedly turned off the oxygen cylinder supply line in a bid to earn more by transporting dead bodies in his ambulance. In the video, the man can be heard apologising and pleading for the cops to stop.
The video is shared on Facebook with a caption that reads, “Man caught red handed when he was cutting oxygen supplies from cylinders in a nursing room because he was paid more for transporting dead bodies in his ambulance.”
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FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above claim and found it to be misleading.
Paying close attention to the audio clip, we found that the man being thrashed was pleading in Marathi.
Using the InVID tool, we fragmented the video into keyframes and ran a Reverse Image Search. This led us to a news report published by ABP Majha on May 27, 2021, which carried the same viral video.
We found another report by Divya Marathi which mentioned that on April 9, 2021, an argument ensued between hospital authorities and the relatives of a patient who had passed away.
As per the report, the authorities informed the police and the matter escalated. Nariyalwale, who was with the relatives of the patient, was dragged by the police and beaten up. He is the same person who is shown in the viral claim video also.
We also found a tweet by news agency ANI dated May 27 with stills from the viral video.
Maharashtra | Jalna Police seen beating up BJP Youth Secy Shivraj Nariyalwale in viral video
“Following death of a patient on April 10, his family vandalized hospital premises. Police used force against them to drive them out,” says Inspector Prashant Mahajan, Kadim Jalna PS pic.twitter.com/qqPrBjVP1W
— ANI (@ANI) May 27, 2021
According to another report by The New Indian Express, the police said that Nariyalwale was a part of a group that “beat up doctors and went on a rampage in the ICU” at Deepak Hospital in Jalna after a youth, who was admitted there, succumbed to his injuries following a road accident. The group, composed of the deceased’s relatives, accused the doctors of negligence and turned hostile.
Thus, it is evident from the above information that the viral video does not show cops beating up an ambulance driver for stopping supply to oxygen cylinders. In reality, the man was thrashed for being a part of a group that caused a ruckus inside a hospital.
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