A video of a man cutting off a finger is being shared on social media claiming that a man from Karnataka cut his finger in remorse after voting for the Congress party in the assembly elections.
The post read, “कर्नाटक हिंदुओं पर हो रहे अत्याचारों से दुखी एक सनातनी हिंदू के दर्द कर्नाटक चुनाव में मैने जिस उँगली से कांग्रेस को वोट दिया था आज उसी उँगली को काट रहा हूं यह मेरी जीवन की सबसे बड़ी भूल हुई जो मैने कांग्रेस को वोट दिया था।”
(English Translation: The pain of a Sanatani Hindu saddened by the atrocities on Hindus in Karnataka. Today I am cutting the same finger with which I voted for Congress in the Karnataka elections. It was the biggest mistake of my life that I voted for Congress.)
Here’s the link to the above post.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the post and found the claim to be misleading.
We ran a keyword search and found some information related to the viral video in an article published on August 19, 2023, on Aaj Tak‘s website.
According to the article, the incident in the viral video is from Maharashtra and the name of the person seen in the viral video is Dhananjay Nanavare, who is a resident of Ulhas Nagar, Maharashtra. The article mentioned that Dhananjay cut his finger in front of the camera on August 17, accusing the police of not taking action against the culprits who forced his brother and sister-in-law to commit suicide.
We also similar report published on the website of Dainik Bhaskar.
According to the article, he said that he voted for PM Modi with this finger and now he is giving it as a gift to Devendra Fadnavis. This person’s brother and sister-in-law had committed suicide. When no action was taken, the brother of the deceased took this step. A couple from Ulhasnagar had allegedly committed suicide on August 1 after being harassed by bullies. A day before this, he had made a video and made it viral.
Thus, from the above fact check, it is clear that the video is being shared with a false claim.
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