Claim: Video showing Hindutva radicalised cops beating an elderly Muslim man.
Fact-check: Old video of police dispersing crowds for violating COVID-19 guidelines is shared with a communal narrative - FACTLY
Verdict: the video is from april 2020 and is not a recent one. the police in the video were using force to disperse the crowd who were gathered unlawfully, violating the covid-19 lockdown guidelines. the crowd attacked the cops who sustained injuries; several were booked by bareilly police for allegedly attacking the policemen in uttar pradesh. hence, the claim made in the post is false.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Abhishek Mandadi
Date published: 2022-06-17T11:05:54