Video of Police Beating Men Shared With False Communal Claim About Eve Teasing

We found out that the men were caught for stone pelting and vandalising.

A video of three men being beaten by police officers is being shared widely, falsely claiming that they were caught by the police for eve-teasing and harassing girls. 

(Source: X/Altered by The Quint)

A video is making the rounds on the internet, claiming to show three Muslim men being caught by the police and publicly paraded for eve-teasing and harassing girls outside a college.

• One of the posts captioned, "Arif, Ashraf, and Asif used to harass and eve-tease girls outside a college. They were caught by Police, tied with ropes, publicly paraded on the street, and serviced with lathis."

An archived version of this claim can be found here. 

(Source: X/Screenshot)

(Archived versions of similar claims can be found here, here, and here.)

Is it true?: No, the video shows three men in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain being arrested for stone pelting and vandalising vehicles.

How did we find out?: We ran a reverse image search on the video using Google Lens and found a report by Dainik Bhaskar sharing the same video.

• According to the report, ten to twelve unidentified men went around pelting stones and vandalising vehicles at around 1 AM in the Dhancha Bhavan area of Ujjain. The police, upon receiving the information, led a procession and beat three of the accused.

• The report named the three accused as Kishan Ahirwar, Vikas Saroniya and Vishal.

• The names of the accused do not match the names from the claim.

The report by Dainik Bhaskar

(Source: Dainik Bhaskar/ Screenshot)

• Based on the report, we conducted a keyword search and found an Instagram page called 'Digiana News' sharing the same video.

• According to the caption, the police led a procession of the three accused of vandalising vehicles in Ujjain.

The report by Digiana News. 

(Source: Instagram/ Screenshot)

• We found another page called 'HBTV News' sharing the same video.

• According to the report, 10 to 12 unidentified men created a ruckus in Bafna Park Colony in Ujjain.

• The video shows the police taking action and arresting three of the accused.

The report by HBTV News. 

(Source: Instagram/ Screenshot)

• We searched the location on Google Maps, and it matches the visuals from the video.

Conclusion: The video shows three men in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain being arrested for stone pelting and vandalising vehicles.

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