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A video is being shared on social media in which some policemen are beating people with sticks. By sharing it, it is being claimed that these videos are of the recent violence in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh.
Screenshot of viral video.
Is this claim true?: No, this claim is false.
- This video is from 2019, when there was a clash between police and people protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Gorakhpur, UP.
what have we got
- We divided this video into several keyframes and Google But did a reverse image search. Us 20 December 2019 a news website live hindustan Of Youtube Found the video.
- The report said that the police used tear gas and lathicharge to control the crowd at Nakhas Chowk in Gorakhpur during the anti-CAA protest.
- The video used in the viral clip 0:57 seconds Can see from.
- ETV India has also reported on the incident, stating that police had used force to disperse the protesters.
- This incident took place after the worshipers protesting against CAA came out of the mosque after Friday prayers and gathered in Nakhas area.
Screenshot of the news available on the website.
We Google Maps We also checked the location and found a place that matched one of the shops seen in the viral video.
What happened in Sambhal?
Five Muslim persons were killed in the firing in Sambhal, when people of the Muslim community had protested against the survey of Shahi Jama Masjid. The survey was ordered by a civil court in response to a petition stating that the mosque once housed a Harihar temple.
- The FIR has identified more than 2,500 unidentified people, at least 500 of whom are minors, and accused them of serious crimes.
- Sambhal MP Zia ur Rehman Burke from Samajwadi Party (SP) has been named in the complaint lodged at Ekta Chowki police station. The name of Sohail Iqbal, son of Sambhal MLA and SP leader Iqbal Mahmood, is also mentioned in the FIR.
- The Quint According to the report, both the leaders are accused of inciting violence.
It is clear that this is being done with viral videos on social media. the claim is completely wrong Is. This news was published by The Quint. Dainik Bhaskar has re-published it under Shakti Collective.