A video circulated on Twitter shows a woman being dragged brutally by hair and then beaten brutally. The video also shows several people, including some women, holding her by the hair and kicking, punching, and beating her with slippers and sticks.
Claim made through the viral video
It has been claimed that the video is from Pakistan, and the victim is a Hindu. Through this widely circulated video, a verified Twitter account named rs_rajender shared the video with caption, “Condition of Hindu women in Pakistan.”
Other users also shared this video
Vinod Bansal, the national spokesperson of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, tweeted the video and wrote, “On one hand, Afghanistan banned girls from studying abroad, while Pakistan has resorted to terrible cruelty towards Hindu women. This anti-women mentality of jihadis cannot be changed.”
Fact-Check
A keyword search led us to a Pakistani web portal Geo News report dated January 9, 2022, according to which an elderly woman was tortured over a land dispute in Sialkot, Pakistan. After the video went viral, the Sialkot Police took action and registered a case against 15 people. Police arrested nine, out of which four were women. Speaking to Geo News, the elderly woman revealed that the incident occurred over a property dispute which has been going on for the last 13 years. The article did not mention any communal angle.
On January 9, Pakistan’s Punjab Police announced on Twitter that it had arrested nine of the accused, including four women. Giving an update on the matter on January 10, they said they had arrested the tenth accused while the search for the remaining attackers was still underway.
Conclusion
It is proved from DFRAC’s fact check that the viral video of the woman being dragged is indeed related to land dispute case which was covered by Pakistani media in January 2022. The woman in the video while speaking to Geo News mentioned that the incident did not have a communal angle and the matter was related to a land dispute.
