Fact Check: No ‘Religious’ Dispute in Indian Woman’s Arrest Following Tenant-Landlord Dispute in Canada

A video is going viral on social media with the claim that a local tenant living in an Indian woman’s house in Canada was cooking beef. According to the claim, the woman objected to the tenant cooking beef on her property and allegedly assaulted the tenants, saying that cooking beef was not allowed on her property. Following a complaint by the tenants, the police allegedly arrested the Indian landlady.

Sharing the video, one user wrote, “This is Ms. Maya, who, because of the Hindu-Muslim hatred spread by godi media, got herself into trouble abroad as well. She had rented out part of her house in Canada. The local tenants were cooking beef, which she objected to, and she assaulted them, saying that such things were not allowed on her property. She also allegedly tried to forcibly enter their room and cause damage, after which the police were called. But Ms. Maya forgot that she was not in Uganda but in Canada. The police arrived and handcuffed her and took her away.”

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Another user, Ruksar_X, shared the video with the caption: “An Indian woman stops her Canadian tenants from cooking beef in the open, saying that it is her property and she will not allow them to do so. She also calls her relatives, but the woman forgot that she is not in India. Later, the woman was arrested after the victim tenants called the police.”

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Fact check:

DFRAC’s investigation found that the claim is misleading. The incident was a civil dispute between the landlady and her tenants and was not related to beef or religion. Surrey Police’s Senior Media Relations Officer, Staff Sergeant Lindsey Houghton, told DFRAC that there was no religious motive behind the incident.

To investigate the viral video, our team first converted it into several keyframes and conducted reverse image searches on them. We found several media reports about the incident, including reports by The Times of India and The Indian Express. None of these reports mentioned beef or a religious dispute.According to a report by The Times of India, the tenant identified the landlady as Raj Tiwana, and the final video in the series showed police officers taking Tiwana into custody. According to reports, the dispute began following a disagreement over a barbecue on the property. The argument allegedly escalated into a larger dispute between the tenant and the landlady. The landlady said that she would not allow the tenant to barbecue on her property while he was cooking with a friend. She claimed that the tenant was attempting to burn her property, while the tenant said it was merely rust. The woman also suggested that if the tenant wanted to enjoy a barbecue, he should go to his friend’s house because she had to protect her property.

Meanwhile, The Indian Express reported that an Indian-origin woman in Surrey was detained for allegedly harassing her Canadian tenant. The incident came to light after the tenant shared several videos on Instagram, allegedly showing the woman entering his home and attacking him. In one video, a woman identified as Raj Tiwana can be seen arguing over a barbecue grill inside the property. The video shows the woman attempting to stop the tenant from cooking, which led to an altercation. She then allegedly tried to throw the steak from the grill and threatened to call the police.

For further investigation, our team contacted Surrey Police in Canada. Staff Sergeant Lindsey Houghton, Senior Media Relations Officer, told DFRAC that there was no religious reason behind the incident. According to Houghton, the online videos show parts of an ongoing civil dispute between the landlord and tenant, for which the Surrey Police Service had been called multiple times. Both the landlord and tenant had contacted police for assistance at different times. There was one arrest.Houghton further stated that the landlord’s arrest was part of an ongoing investigation and that no formal charges had been laid at that point. The tenants no longer live at the property, and police have not received any further calls regarding disputes—civil or otherwise—between the parties. Police do not believe that the dispute was motivated by religion.

Conclusion:

DFRAC’s fact check establishes that the claim circulating on social media is misleading. The dispute between the Indian woman and her tenants in Canada was not related to beef or religion. Surrey Police have also rejected claims that the dispute was religious in nature. Therefore, the social media claim is misleading.

Claim Review	Indian woman arrested in Canada following a dispute with a tenant over a ‘religious’ issue.
Claim By	Social Media Users
Fact check	Misleading