Claim: Video shows a woman being publicly flogged by a man, with onlookers present, as punishment under Sharia law for reporting a rape.
Fact-check: An old March 2018 video of a man flogging his wife in public in U.P. is being falsely shared with a religious angle - FACTLY
Verdict: the incident took place on 10 march 2018 in longa village, syana region, bulandshahr, uttar pradesh. according to reports, the village head ordered a woman to be publicly flogged due to suspicions of an affair, as she had allegedly eloped with a local youth named dharmender lodhi. the fir copy confirmed that the victim and all accused individuals are identified as hindu, confirming there is no religious angle to the incident. hence, the claim made in the post is false.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Nitish Kumar Dhonge
Date published: 2024-10-25T11:47:17