The bhasha.ptinews.com Fact Check: Voting for 49 parliamentary seats in six states and two union territories in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections concluded on May 20. Meanwhile, a 13 second video clip is going viral on social media. It is being shared and it is being claimed that in Manikpur Mirgarhwa of Kaushambi, Uttar Pradesh, workers beat up people of Dalit community for not voting for BJP.
bhasha.ptinews.com investigated the viral claim and found it to be fake. In fact, in a village located in Manikpur police station area of Pratapgarh district, the electric wire was broken due to a tree branch falling on an electric pole, due to which there was a dispute between the two parties. Users are now sharing CCTV footage of this incident on social media with fake claims.
Claim
Facebook user Radheshyam Daroga shared a 13-second clip and claimed that workers brutally beat up people from the Dalit community for not voting for BJP.
While sharing the video on May 20, the user wrote, “In Manikpur Mirgarhwa of Kaushambi, BJP workers, enraged for not voting for BJP, brutally beat up the people of Dalit community. The behavior of the BJP people towards the descendants of Baba Saheb is such that if the BJP comes to power once again, it will abolish the Constitution and take away the right to vote from the people of the Dalit community! Remove BJP, save the Constitution.” of post Link, archive link See more screenshots here.
investigation
Starting the investigation, the desk first reverse searched the keyframes of the video through Google Lens. During this time, we also found this video on the social media accounts of Uttar Pradesh Congress and Bharat Samachar. It was told that the SP candidate complained about the matter to the Election Commission. link to post Here And Here Click and see.
During investigation, we got a response from Pratapgarh Police on the ‘X’ post of news channel Bharat Samachar, in which they termed the viral video as fake and issued a clarification in this regard.
According to the police, the matter is related to village Ramma Ka Purva under Manikpur police station area of Pratapgarh district. It was told that in the evening of 18th May, a tree purchased by the contractor from the first party was cut, one of whose branches fell on the electric pole located in front of the house of the second party, a resident of village Ramma Purva, whose electric wire was on the ground. Fell apart. A dispute broke out between the two parties when the other party asked to get the electric wire repaired. This has nothing to do with elections. Explanation of Pratapgarh Police click here Try it.
In this regard, Additional Superintendent of Police (West) Sanjay Rai of Pratapgarh Police also shared a byte on social media. He said, “On May 18, a deal was made between contractor Arvind Patel and Ram Naresh at Manikpur police station to cut three trees, in which two trees were cut and a sycamore tree was cut and fell on the wire of a nearby pole. The wire broke and the pole was damaged. The pillar was near the house of Uday Prakash Shukla. Arvind contractor called Ramdheen Sonkar (operator of wood cutting machine) and it was decided that the lineman would be called and the wire and pole would be repaired by paying him Rs 10,000. After mutual agreement both the parties left. Today, on 20th May, Uday Prakash Shukla had gone to Ramdhin Sonkar’s house to narrate. There was again an argument and fight over the same issue. Both the parties were brought to the police station and action is being taken. No one has been stopped from voting. The claim of being prevented from voting is false.” of post Link Click here to see.
Taking the investigation forward, the desk tried to find media reports related to this with the help of relevant keywords. During this time, we got a news on the website of Live Hindustan, in which it was told that during the cutting of a sycamore tree in Manikpur Panchayat, there was a fight between two parties over the breaking of an electric pole. In the report quoting the police, it has been said that there is no election angle in this. It is being spread in a fake manner. to report Here Click and read.
It is clear from our investigation so far that the video going viral on social media has no connection with the elections. This video is related to a dispute between two parties regarding the breaking of an electric wire due to a tree branch falling on an electric pole.
Claim
In Manikpur Mirgarhwa of Kaushambi, BJP workers, angry over not voting for BJP, brutally beat up people of Dalit community.
fact
PTI Fact Check Desk investigated and found the viral claim to be fake.
conclusion
By sharing a video of some people breaking into a house and beating them, it is being claimed that in Manikpur Mirgarhwa of Kaushambi, BJP workers, angry over not voting for BJP, brutally beat up the people of Dalit community. PTI Fact Check Desk investigated and found the viral claim to be fake. The desk found in its investigation that this video is related to a dispute between two parties regarding the breaking of an electric wire due to a tree branch falling on an electric pole. This has nothing to do with elections.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: May 22, 2024, 19:25 IST