A video claiming to show recent footage of Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan smiling while watching live visuals of a police lathi charge on an unemployed youth is widely shared on social media.
According to reports, Young people recently protested in Bhopal against both unemployment and government inaction. The Bhopal city police used force against numerous unemployed youth who were protesting the lack of hiring in government agencies during the previous four years and detained them.
The video is shared on Facebook with the caption, “देश के बेरोजगार युवाओं पर सरकारी पुलिस की लाठियां बरस रही है और उस पर हमारे प्रदेश के मुखिया आदरणीय शिवराज सिंह चौहान मुस्कुरा कर आनंद ले रहे हैं यह इस देश के युवाओं को देखना चाहिए समझना चाहिए कि हमारे सरकार में बैठे नुमाइंदे किस तरह की सोच और विचार रखते हैं एक दृश्य”
(English translation: The government police is showering lathis on the unemployed youth of the country and our state chief respected Shivraj Singh Chouhan is enjoying it with a smile, it should be seen by the youth of this country that what kind of thinking and thinking are the representatives sitting in our government. have a view)
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FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above claim and found it to be MISLEADING.
Starting with our investigation, we did a keyword search but could not find any credible media report that corroborated the viral claim.
Using the InVid Tool, we extracted keyframes from the viral video anf performed a Reverse Image Search. This search directed us to the official Instagram handle of Shivraj Singh Chouhan on June 27, 2021. According to the video caption, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister was watching PM Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’.
Below is the screenshot comparison between the viral video and the original video.
The visuals seen on television in the viral video are connected to an old, unrelated event in which a police officer in Bhopal attacked an unemployed youth with a lathi and an older incident in which a tribal person was dragged behind a car on suspicion of stealing.
Thus, it is evident that an altered video of the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister is viral with misleading claims.
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