Viral Video Fact Check: These days the video of a tribal woman being beaten up on social media is becoming increasingly viral. It can be seen that some men are brutally beating a woman. Lathi is being showered on him. This video has been told from Uttar Pradesh. Let us tell you what is the truth behind this viral clip.
Actually, this video going viral on Twitter is quite old. This video being told of Uttar Pradesh is from Madhya Pradesh and is about one and a half year old. Sharing this video, American journalist Billa Abdul Karim also wrote that this is Modi’s India, where Hindu extremists kill Dalit women and make videos of it.
This is Modi’s India wherein Hindu extremists can beat a poor Dalit woman, film it, & laugh for all to see! I ask Allah to guide this woman to Islam. And I ask Allah to punish each & every participant in this heinous crime & not to let a single one of them get away pic.twitter.com/2RLHPrgeU8
— Bilal Abdul Kareem (@BilalKareem) January 31, 2023
When and where is the video from?
In the video, a group of at least seven men can be seen slapping, kicking, dragging the two women by their hair and beating them with sticks. The incident reportedly took place on June 22, 2021, in Pipalwa village of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh. The tribal woman was thrashed by her family members for allegedly talking to her maternal uncle on the phone.
trying to give communal color
Taking action on this video only then, the police arrested seven people including the mother and brother of a woman. Now people are sharing videos on social media giving a communal color to this incident. A user claimed that the woman was mercilessly thrashed for taking a bath in the river and tagged Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, demanding immediate action. At the same time, some people have told it as a video of UP.
This is from #BJP ruled state #MadhyaPradesh, CM #ShivrajSinghChouhan Look at this.
A Dalit girl is beaten mercilessly for bathing in the river. This is new India of Modi. pic.twitter.com/NqKRnKVWsf— Kavita Rani (@KavitaBRS) January 31, 2023
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