Fact Check: Did supporters of former MLA Sunita Singh enter the mosque and beat up the worshippers in Ghazipur?

A video is getting viral on the internet. Users are sharing the video with a claim that Former MLA  Sunita Singh entered the mosque with hundreds of supporters to beat up the worshippers.

Further, along with the video @UzmaParveenLKO wrote the caption, “The work of disturbing the peace of the country, in Ghazipur Gahmar, former MLA Sunita Singh entered the mosque along with hundreds of supporters and beat up the worshippers, the government should take this into cognizance, take strict action against Sunita Singh.”

देश की शांति भंग करने का काम गाजीपुर गहमर में पूर्व विधायक सुनीता सिंह ने सैकड़ों समर्थकों के साथ मस्जिद में घुसकर नमाजियों के साथ मारपीट की सरकार इसको संज्ञान में लें सुनीता सिंह के खिलाफ कड़ी कार्रवाई करें @myogiadityanath @brajeshpathakup @yadavakhilesh @Mayawati @asadowaisi pic.twitter.com/D1LlDPuLnU

— Sayyad Uzma Parveen (@UzmaParveenLKO) April 3, 2022

Moreover, this tweet was retweeted thousands of times. In the same vein, many users shared this video on their social media handles.

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FactCheck

On our fact check analysis we found a tweet from the official account of the Gazipur Police.

https://twitter.com/ghazipurpolice/status/1510794243203235844

In the tweet, they have clarified,” There is no such incident, nor has any complaint been given by the local people at the Gahmar police station. Additionally, the Superintendent of Police Rural was directed to investigate the video. If anyone is found guilty after investigation, then strict action will be taken against him.”

Further, we also found the same posts on the Instagram account of Rana Ayyub with the same video and the claim that the video is of Karauli Rajasthan.

Hence, some users are sharing the video with a misleading claim.

DFRAC Editor

Digital Forensics, Research and Analytics Centre (DFRAC) is a non-partisan and independent media organisation which focuses on fact-checking and identifying hate speech. With the popularisation of the internet came the challenge of information overload and often times, our feeds are overpopulated with conflicting, incendiary and false information which is increasingly becoming difficult to ignore and not believe in

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