A post showing several policemen brutally thrashing a person on the road is widely shared on social media. Many users have called for stringent action against the police officers involved in the brawl.
The video is shared on Facebook with a caption: “पता नहीं ये कहां की वीडियो है लेकिन इन वहशी पुलिस वालों पर सख्त कार्रवाई होनी चाहिए हुकूमत ने इतनी नफ़रत भर दी है कि लोग हैवानियत पर उतर आए हैं” (English version, below.)
Here’s the link to the above post.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above claim, and found it to be FALSE.
Performing a Reverse Image Search with relevant keywords, our team identified a YouTube channel ‘Vipin Pandey Entertainment Production’, dated July 31, 2023, which carried an extended version of the viral video.
At the 10 minutes and 45 seconds mark of the video, an identical scene to that of the viral video can be seen. However, the camera angle is different.
The video description reads: “Delhi Sakshi murder case: How 16-year-old witness was killed with knife and stone in Delhi’s Shahbad Dairy area: We want to give a message through this video that we should keep our children close to heart, so that they should tell everything about us”.
Below is the comparison between the viral video and YouTube video.
We also found more scripted videos with similar individuals on the channel. The viral video was also published on the same channel a short video.
Thus, it is confirmed that a scripted video is falsely shared as police personnel brutally thrashing a man on the road.
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