A report by news channel Zee News is being shared on social media claiming that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that the accused in the murder of Kanhaiya Lal — the tailor, who was hacked to death outside his shop in a broad daylight in Rajasthan’s Udaipur in June 2022, were kids.
The video is being shared with a caption: देख लो सेक्युलर हिन्दुओं…कन्हैया लाल दर्जी का गला काटकर नृशंस हत्या करने वाले मुसलमान मासूम बच्चे हैं, उनको छोड़ देना चाहिए और तुम सारे हिन्दू हिंसक हो : राहुल गांधी. फिर भी आँखें नहीं खुल रही तो कोई नहीं बचा सकता तुम्हे। (English translation: Look, secular Hindus… the Muslims who brutally murdered tailor Kanhaiya Lal by slitting his throat are innocent children, they should be spared and all you Hindus are violent: Rahul Gandhi. Even if your eyes are not open, then no one can save you.)
Here’s the link to the above post.
FACT CHECK
NewsMObile fact-checked the post, and found it to be false.
With a keyword search, the NM team detected a report in The Indian Express, saying that Rahul Gandhi’s office in Wayanad, Kerala, was vandalised by CPI(M)’s student wing SFI. The report also mentioned that the Congress leader visited his vandalised office on July 1, 2022, and said the incident was unfortunate, but he did not have any hostility or anger over it.
“This is my office. But before being my office, this is the office of Wayanad people. It is quite unfortunate that the office has been attacked. Violence will never resolve problems. It is not good that they have acted in an irresponsible manner. I don’t have any anger or hostility towards them. They are kids and they don’t understand the consequences of their act,” The Indian Express quoted Rahul Gandhi as saying.
We also found the similar video on YouTube channel of ANI. The video was uploaded on July 1, 2022, with a title: “Rahul Gandhi terms violence in office ‘unfortunate’, says don’t have hostility towards perpetrators.”
On searching further, we found that Zee News had issued an apology after the news channel misleadingly aired unrelated remarks by Rahul Gandhi as his statement on the Udaipur killing.
Shocking that a leading TV channel, made a gaffe that spread across India like a wildfire on a sensitive burning #Udaipur row. The channel has apologised now. But original clip has already misled lakhs including some of us. Clip carried @RahulGandhi’s remarks on different issue pic.twitter.com/kkXhwGm1YT
— Rohan Dua (@rohanduaT02) July 2, 2022
Hence, it is clear that the video is being shared with a false claim.
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