New Delhi: A blood curdling video of mass lynching is circulating on the social media, claiming to be from Uttar Pradesh. In the video, a youth is mercilessly beaten by a mob of locals in broad daylight. Despite presence of police, the mob takes turn to thrash the youth who can be seen profusely bleeding.
A social media user @Pushpen28298532 tweeted the video, claiming to be from Uttar Pradesh where Yogi-led BJP stormed to power with absolute majority. Tagging the top police offices & CM officers, the user claims that this will be the state of affairs after BJP victory in state.
UP police debunks fake video
Soon after the claim & video went viral, the UP Police took to Twitter and debunked the false claim.
Flagging the video as fake, it said that it is an old video and also belongs to Kaimur district of Bihar & not Uttar Pradesh.
वायरल वीडियो उत्तर प्रदेश से न होकर थाना भभुआ, जनपद कैमूर, बिहार से संबंधित है।#UPPViralCheck#UPPolicehttps://t.co/ToOUzgvsfc pic.twitter.com/vtCFq6d2Ka
— UPPOLICE FACT CHECK (@UPPViralCheck) March 11, 2022
What is the Video about?
The incident happened in Bhabua of Kaimur district in Bihar, a year ago. The video is of a ward councillor’s son, who was brutally thrashed by the angry locals. The councillor’s son had shot at a man due to personal enmity and latter succumbed to injuries in hospital. This left the locals outraged who took law into their hands and started pelting stones at the hospital.
The agitated crowd also vandalised shops & business centres near the hospital and also beat up passersby.
When they got hold of the accused son of Bhabua ward councillor, they beat him black & blue. While the mob thrashed him, slogans of Jai Shri Ram echoed from the crowd.
The video was purportedly shot by a bystander.
