Video of Police Parading Mob Falsely Linked to Sri Ganganagar Assault Case

We found out that the video shows a mob from Gujarat being paraded by the police.

A video of a group of men being paraded by the police is going viral on the internet, claiming to show the accused in the assault of a thirteen-year-old girl.

(Source: X/Altered by The Quint)

A video of a group of men being paraded by the police is going viral on the internet, claiming to show the accused in the assault of a thirteen-year-old girl in Rajasthan's Sri Ganganagar.

• The girl was allegedly assaulted by over a dozen individuals over four days.

• The police have arrested 19 individuals and are searching for three to four more who were allegedly involved in the alleged sexual assault of the thirteen-year-old, as per reports.

An archived version of this claim can be found here. 

(Source: X/Screenshot)

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

Is it true?: No, the video shows a group of men who caused violence at a farmhouse being paraded by the police in Gujarat's Patan.

How did we find out?: We ran a reverse image search on the video using Google Lens and found a post from March that shared the same video.

• The video, uploaded on 19 March, was captioned, "In Gujarat’s Patan district, a violent attack at a farmhouse in Jilia village on March 15 by 15–20 armed assailants left several injured and caused heavy damage."

• According to the post, the video shows the police conducting a public parade of the 18 individuals who were arrested.

The post is from March.

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• News18 Gujarati also shared the same video with the caption. "Lack of coordination: Baton accidentally hits female police officer while 'serving' anti-social elements in Patan" (translated from Gujarati to English)

We did a Google search on the incident and found a report by local news organisation Gujarat First News, posted on 18 March.

• According to the report, a group of 'anti-social' elements started a dispute over temple donations in Ziliya village of Patan district during the night of 15 March. The police arrested the individuals and had a procession of the accused to 'teach' them a lesson.

The report by Gujarat First News. 

(Source: Gujarat First News/Screenshot)

Conclusion: The video shows a group of men who caused violence at a farmhouse being paraded by the police in Gujarat's Patan.

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