A video showing a man assaulting another man and a woman with a brick has gone viral. The video also shows the fight escalating to a group of people getting involved.
Those sharing the video claim that it shows a Dalit woman being murdered in Uttar Pradesh for wanting to vote for the BJP. A social media user shared the video and wrote, “A Dalit’s daughter was murdered by Samajwadi Party’s Prasanth Yadav just because the girl asked him to vote for Kamal.” (Translated from Hindi)
SouthCheck found that the claim was false. The altercation had no caste angle to it.
On doing a Google reverse image search, we found the same video shared by an X handle on November 19, 2024. The user had tagged the Kushinagar police handle requesting action on the incident in the video that occurred in the same area.
The Kushinagar police replied to the video, stating that a case was registered at the Hanuman Nagar police station and two people were taken into custody.
Using the information we found, we searched using relevant keywords and found that the screenshots of the video were shared by NavBharat Times on November 19, 2024. The video was shared with a caption suggesting that two groups had a fight over a road dispute under Hanumanganj police station limits in Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh. Around a dozen people were injured in the scuffle. However, the page was later removed.
The story stated that the previous head of the village (pradhan) Nagendra Chaudhary was in a dispute with the family of a person named Rabri Devi. The video was also shared by Dainik Bhaskar, which stated that the fight in the video started from a dispute over a road between two groups in the village. The incident was also reported by Live Hindustan.
We also reached out to the Kushinagar police and the copy will be updated as soon as they provide more information.
Hence, we ascertain that the viral claim is false.
