Pictures of a man and a rooster have gone viral with the claim that the man, supposedly from a Hindu community in the United Kingdom, sexually assaulted the rooster.
A social media user shared the image collage and wrote, “Nikhil Gupta was sentenced to 3 years in prison in the United Kingdom for sexually assaulting a chicken.” (Archive)
SouthCheck found that the claim was false. The man in the viral image is a Muslim named Rehan Baig.
Through a Google reverse image search, we found that the man’s mugshot was published by Daily Mail UK. The report, published on October 19, 2020, identified the man as Rehan Baig, who was jailed for three years for having sex with chickens in the basement of his house while his wife, Haleema, shot a video of the act.
The incident was also reported by The Sun on October 19, 2020. This report too stated that Rehan Baig and his wife filmed him abusing the birds on a mobile phone and a Go-Pro so they could watch it back later. They would save the videos on their home computer in a folder entitled ‘family vids’.
Another report by Adom Online suggested that the incident came to life after their home was raided by the National Crime Agency on July 9, 2019. Their home was situated in Great Horton, Bradford, West Yorkshire.
Hence, we conclude that the claim behind the viral collage is false.
