A video, claiming that a police officer forcibly handed over a pistol along with cartridges to a bike rider to implicate him in a false case at Taat Mill Chowk in Kanpur, is doing the rounds on social media.
A Facebook user posted the viral post with the following caption:
देखिए सिपाही जी खुद ही तमंचा रख कर पकड़ रहे युवाओं को
टाटमील चौराहा, कानपुर सिपाही जी खुद ही तमंचा रख कर पकड़ रहे युवाओं को ट्रैफिक पुलिस का सिपाही वीडियो में साफ साफ दिख रहा किस तरह युवक के हाथ में तमंचा रख रहा युवक कहता ये मेरा नहीं है आपके सिपाही गंदी गालियां देते और उसके गाल 1 में रसीट कर तमाचा रख देते।
(English: Taat Mill intersection, Kanpur constable himself is holding the pistol and arresting the youth. In the video, it is clearly visible how the biker reacts to holding the pistol, pleading that this is not mine, yours! And the constable is abusing the youth while giving him a tight slap in the face.)
You can check the post here.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the viral post, and found it to be false.
Running a Google Keyword Search, our team traced a YouTube video on the official channel of ABP Ganga, dated November 30, 2023, with a title: KANPUR NEWS : ट्रैफिक कर्मियों ने तमंचा लगाए बाइक सवार को पकड़ा | ABP GANGA LIVE.
The news report informs that a young man on a bike jumped the traffic signal and collided with another bike. And a gun fell from his pocket which caught the eye of the traffic police nearby. The police found a pistol and cartridges with him.
Searching further, our team identified a quote-tweet by the Police Commissionerate, Kanpur Nagar, carrying the viral clip. The Kanpur Police issued a press release informing that on November 29, 2023, a person riding a bike without wearing a helmet was crossing the Taat Mill intersection. On seeing the traffic police, he tried to run away but collided with another bike coming from other direction. And the gun he was carrying fell on the ground. The traffic police immediately took him into custody, and put him behind bars.
The incident was also published in Aaj Tak and Zee News.
Therefore, we can conclusively say that the viral post, claiming a policeman was caught handing a gun to a man to implicate him in a crime, is fake.
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