A CCTV footage has gone viral on social media claiming that people are beating an MLA in Haryana.
The video is shared with a caption: हरियाणा में विधायक की जनता धुनाई करती हुईं अगर जनता चुन सकती है तो धुन भि सकती है आने वाले समय में अपना कामा में भि ऐसे ही हाल हो सकता है अगर ये दलाल अच्छा काम नही करते है तो जनता अपना 5 साल का हिसाब ज़रूर लेगी #ताऊ दिना नाथ विधायक हरियाणा (English translation: In Haryana, MLAs are being thrashed by the public… if the public can elect them, then they can tune in. In the coming times, a similar situation may happen in their work, too. Tau Dina Nath MLA Haryana)
Here’s the link to the above post.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the footage, and found it to be false.
Putting the keyframes through Google Reverse Image Search, we found the same video on DNA India, dated July 23, 2020. The report states that police have registered a case against five people for brutally thrashing two men at SDO office in Haryana’s Munak.
Unidentified men can be seen mercilessly beating up two men. The incident got captured in CCTV and the video went viral on social media. Police have nabbed three people in connection with the case. We also found more information about the footage in an article by ANI, dated July 23, 2020.
According to a news article by Business World, the SDO took cognizance of the matter and the police found out that there was a personal conflict between two parties that led to a fight. Thus, from the above fact check, it is clear that the video is shared with a false claim.
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