fact check
- Decision [भ्रामक]
- This video is from 2022, when Abbas Ansari gave a controversial speech during the UP elections 2022. The video is not from after his father’s death.
What is the claim?
Bahubali leader Mukhtar Ansari reportedly died of cardiac arrest in Uttar Pradesh on March 28. Ansari breathed his last in the hospital where he was brought from Banda jail. Mukhtar Ansari’s family alleges that he was poisoned. Meanwhile, a video surfaced on social media claiming that Mukhtar Ansari’s son and MLA Abbas Ansari has threatened to take ‘revenge’ from police officers after his father’s death. In the video, Abbas Ansari is seen addressing a crowd, in which he says, “He has asked former UP Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party (SP) national president Akhilesh Yadav not to transfer anyone for six months.” It is said that first their accounting will be done and only then any transfer certificate will be stamped.”
Sharing the video on “Equal to open threat.” The post has been viewed more than 110,000 times at the time of writing. Archived versions of such posts can be seen here, here and here.
Screenshots of the viral post. (Source: X/Screenshot)
However, the claim is misleading. This video is not from after the death of Mukhtar Ansari but from the UP elections 2022 when his son Abbas Ansari had given a controversial statement.
what the FAC?
Reverse image search on the keyframes of the viral clip revealed that this video is from March 2022. The ex (formerly Twitter) handle of news agency ANI UP/Uttarakhand had shared the same video on March 3, 2022. Abbas Ansari was the candidate of SP alliance from Mau seat of Uttar Pradesh. Reacting to his speech, Mau Superintendent of Police Ghule Sushil said, “Taking cognizance of the viral video, we have registered a case against Mau Sadar constituency candidate Abbas Ansari for violation of the model code of conduct.”
#WATCH , I’ve told SP chief Akhilesh Yadav that no transfers or postings will happen for 6 months as ‘hisab kitab’ will happen with them first and only then their transfer certificates will be stamped: Abbas Ansari, SP alliance candidate from Mau seat, Uttar Pradesh (03.03.2022) pic.twitter.com/NQ9farLMov
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) March 4, 2022
The Times of India also shared the video on March 4, 2022, with the headline, “Told Akhilesh bhaiya (brother) not to transfer officers for six months as ‘Hisab Kitab’ will come first: Mukhtar’s son Abbas Ansari.”
According to a report in India Today, ADG Law and Order Prashant Kumar confirmed the authenticity of the video and ordered that an FIR be lodged against Ansari for violating the model code of conduct. The report said that voting in Mau Assembly was to be held on March 7, 2022 and the video had surfaced just a few days before the voting.
Abbas Ansari contested and won the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2022 as a candidate of Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) in alliance with Samajwadi Party.
Additionally, the Mau Police also issued a statement on March 4 announcing that a case has been registered against Abbas Ansari under sections 171F and 506 of the Indian Penal Code for violating the code of conduct.
In relation to the viral videos of candidate Abbas Ansari, a case under Section 171F, 506 of the Indian Penal Code has been registered at the police station for violation of the code of conduct and a report in this regard has been made to the Returning Officer (RO) 356-Mau Sadar, Mau for further action. Has been given. #UPPolice pic.twitter.com/I3Rz7KJDiW
— mau police (@maupolice) March 4, 2022
Additionally, our investigation revealed that Abbas Ansari is in jail and could not attend his father’s funeral. His family members had demanded parole for Abbas Ansari. However, he did not get parole. Abbas was transferred to Kasganj district jail last February. He was earlier kept in Chitrakoot jail by ED in a money laundering case.
Decision
An old video of Abbas Ansari, who gave a controversial speech during the UP Assembly elections 2022, has been shared linking it to the death of his father Mukhtar Ansari. In the said video, Abbas is not shown threatening to avenge his father’s recent death, rather he was threatening the officials ahead of the 2022 UP elections. Therefore, we consider the viral claim to be misleading.
Disclaimer: This report first logicalfacts.com But it was printed. This story has been republished in ABP Live Hindi with special arrangement. ABP Live Hindi has not made any changes in the report except the headline.
