A video is getting viral on social media. In this video, it can be seen that a group of women is beating two people. Social media users are sharing this video by giving it a communal color. Social media users claim that Hindu women were being molested by a Muslim man, after which Hindu women beat them up severely.
By sharing this video a social media user caption: “ unity of Hindu girls, Two Muslims misbehaved with Hindu girls! Hindu sisters becoming aware taught a lesson by law. My brothers, #RETWEEET this video a lot so that our sisters get out of fear and get the courage to face them.
Source: Twitter
Meanwhile, many other social media users are sharing a similar claim.
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Another user shared this video and claimed that the person being beaten up was the secretary of the BJP. He claimed that the BJP secretary was severely beaten up by the women for tampering with the picture of the women.
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Fact Check:
To fact-check the viral video, the DFRAC team converted the video into multiple frames and reverse-searched them. We got a report from www.onmanorama.com. The report was published on January 7, 2023. According to the report, a man named Shaji had broken ties with the Zion Retreat Center under Emperor Emmanuel Church. When Shaji and his family passed by in a car, the women stopped the vehicle, dragged Shaji out, and assaulted him. They also damaged the glass of the car. In his statement to the police, Shaji said around 50 people assaulted him.
Source: onmanorama
Another report in the Malayalam language has been published on January 6, 2023, regarding this incident. It has been reported in this report that Shaji and his son Sajan were beaten up by the women for tampering with the pictures of the women.
Source: malayalam.samayam
Conclusion:
It is clear from the fact check of DFRAC that the viral video does not have a Hindu-Muslim dispute and communal angle. This dispute is related to people who believe in Christianity. At the same time, our team has not found evidence of the person being described as the secretary of the BJP. Therefore, the claim of social media users is wrong.
