The video of a man walking with torn clothes has gone viral on social media. The video is shared with a caption claiming that the Information Minister of Sri Lanka is beaten by the crowd.
The caption associated with the video reads: “শ্রীলঙ্কার তথ্যমন্ত্রী শ্রীলঙ্কার তথ্যমন্ত্রী আজ তারে ল্যাংটা করে দৌড়ায়ে দৌড়ায়ে মারলো জনগণ।”
(English translation: “Sri Lanka’s information minister was beaten to death by an angry mob today.”)
The link to the post can be seen here.
FACT CHECK
When NewsMobile fact-checked, it found the claim to be false.
We searched with the keyword: ‘Sri Lanka information minister’ and found that the information minister of Sri Lanka is Nalaka Godahewa. We compared the photo of Nalaka Godahewa with the man in the viral video and found no resemblance.
We further did a Google Reverse Image with one of the screenshots and found that the same video was uploaded by a YouTube channel on May 11, 2022. The video was shared with a caption: “SLPP supporter Mahinda Kahandagama leads a pro-SLPP protest & is then verbally assaulted by GotaGoG.”
We found that DailyMirror.Lk had also tweeted the same video on May 9, 2022, with a caption: “Mahinda Kahandagama, President of the Colombo Municipal Councillors ‘and Employees’ Union of the Sri Lanka People’s Front (SLPP) participated in a protest rally in front of the Temple Trees Gate this morning in support of President Mahinda Rajapaksa.”
Thus, we can ascertain that the claim attached with the video is FAKE.
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