A video showing police dragging people out of their homes and arresting them has gone viral on social media, claiming that these are the visuals from Uttar Pradesh.
The video is shared on Facebook with a caption: “शाम को 5:00 बजे रैली निकाली RSS वालों को काट डालो और 7:00 बजे शाम को योगी सरकार का रिजल्ट”
Here’s the link to the above post.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above claim, and found it to be MISLEADING.
With a thorough check of the video footage, we saw a board with ‘Shaffaf’ written on it. We found the address of a shop named Shaffaf packaged drinking water, which is located in Shaliband, Hyderabad.
The street view of this shop is also visible on Google. Below is the comparison between the viral video and Google street view. This clearly means that the video is from Telangana.
The same video had been uploaded on a YouTube channel on August 25, 2022, with a caption: “POLICE ENTERING HOUSES BEATING AND ARRESTING | HYDERABAD POLICE BRUTALITY ON MUSLIMS AT SHALIBANDA”
Searching further, we found an interview aired on August 25 by a reporter on the verified channel of Siasat Daily. The reporter was talking to a woman whose sons were arrested by the police after breaking into her house.
Also, the Siasat Daily website had reported the same incident on August 24. According to the article: “The city police on Wednesday night barged into several homes and dragged out Muslim youth in and around Shalibanda as protests against suspended BJP MLA swelled over his derogatory remarks on Prophet Muhammad. The peaceful atmosphere that prevailed earlier in the day came to an end as over 50 people protesting against Raja Singh were taken into custody.”
Thus, it is evident from the above information that the video showing police arresting protestors in Telangana is falsely shared as that from Uttar Pradesh.
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