A set of two images is going viral on social media platforms to claim that it shows a 10-year-old Dalit boy, who was assaulted in Chhattisgarh for entering a church.
What did the viral post say?: The images were uploaded with a caption in Telugu which loosely translated to, "Atrocity in Chhattisgarh...You are a Dalit, you are not allowed to enter the church.. 10-year-old boy crushed by pastor... The boy's condition is critical."
What are the facts?: Both these images are old and unrelated to each other.
The boy's photo dated back to April 2021, when a 10-year-boy was allegedly beaten by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker in Nadia, West Bengal.
The image of the church actually shows 'Christa Prabhalaya Epiphany Church' in Karnataka's Bengaluru.
About the child's image: We performed a reverse image search on the viral image. On narrowing the search on the boy's photo, a Google search led us to the same visual uploaded in a report published by The Telegraph.
The report said that a BJP worker allegedly thrashed a 10-year-old boy after he refused to chant 'Jai Shri Ram'.
The incident reportedly happened when the child was passing by a tea owned by the worker in Nadia's Phulia in West Bengal.
The boy sustained multiple injuries and was admitted to the Ranaghat Subdivisional Hospital.
The report further mentioned that angry local residents beat up the accused named Mahadeb Pramanik.
Details about the church's image: Another round of reverse image search directed us to a similar visual published on a website of a church named Christa Prabhalaya Epiphany Church.
As per the website, the church is located in Karnataka's Bengaluru.
On comparing the viral image to the visual available on the church's website, we found that both of them were taken at the same location.
In fact, when we searched for the church on Google Maps, we found that the viral image was available on it. The image was uploaded on March 2021.
This clearly indicated that both the images used in the viral claim were from 2021 and are from different locations.
Conclusion: It is evident that the images are old and unrelated to each other.
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