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Old Video from UP Falsely Shared as a Recent one
A video showing some police officials maltreating a woman inside a car is doing rounds on social media platforms. Users are sharing this video and claiming it to be a recent one.
A user named Sulaiman Ahmed who is better known for disseminating misinformation, has recently shared this video on X.
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Following Sulaiman Ahmed, several users have recently shared this video on X.
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Fact-Check
The DFRAC team investigated this video by converting it into some keyframes and reverse-searched it on Google. Meanwhile, we found a statement given by a police official on the X(Twitter) handle of Meerut Police from Sep 25, 2018, asserting that three police personnel were suspended after the video went viral. A report regarding the Home Guard had been sent to the District Commandant Home Guard.
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Moreover, media outlets such as Indian Express, The Print and Zee News also covered this incident in the year 2018.
A media report published by the newspaper website ‘Indian Express’ on September 25, 2018, cited: “According to UP Police, the incident took place two or three days back when a man and a woman were brought to a police station in the Medical area, Meerut on the suggestion of an organisation. Three police officials including a woman constable in Meerut were suspended on Tuesday after a video showing them slapping and abusing a woman allegedly for being friends with a man from another religion went viral, ANI reported”.
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Additionally, media reports from ‘The Print’ and ‘Zee News’ also reported similar facts in the context of the above viral video.
Conclusion
It is clear from DFRAC ‘s fact-check that the viral video dates back to 2018, not the recent one.
Analysis: Misleading