{"id":102700,"date":"2021-09-07T19:32:07","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T14:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=102700"},"modified":"2021-09-07T19:32:07","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T14:02:07","slug":"hindu-minor-boy-beaten-up-by-mob-in-mp-dewas-on-suspicion-of-love-jihad-video-viral-with-false-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindu-minor-boy-beaten-up-by-mob-in-mp-dewas-on-suspicion-of-love-jihad-video-viral-with-false-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"MP mob beats up Hindu boy believing &#8216;love jihad&#8217;, video viral to further false spin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video of a group of people beating a boy in police presence over an alleged case of &#8216;love jihad&#8217; is widespread on social media. It is being claimed that a Muslim boy had convinced a Hindu girl to elope with him in Bhopal. Facebook user <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GeetamsinghchaharRSS\/videos\/566247544413534\/?t=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geetam Singh Chahar<\/a> posted the footage with the same claim. It garnered 36,000 views at the time of writing. (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210906091854\/https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/login\/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsubodhjpr%2Fvideos%2F153184376894237\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-102701 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/word-image-10.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/word-image-10.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/word-image-10-300x142.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/word-image-10-768x363.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/subodhjpr\/videos\/153184376894237\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Another Facebook user<\/a> shared the visuals and accompanying claim.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-102702 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/word-image-11.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/word-image-11.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/word-image-11-300x142.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/word-image-11-768x363.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The clip is also widely circulating on Facebook. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/preti.sing.77\/videos\/530021034726224\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link 1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100004913403238\/videos\/587617172408592\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link 2<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-102700 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindu-minor-boy-beaten-up-by-mob-in-mp-dewas-on-suspicion-of-love-jihad-video-viral-with-false-claim\/2021-09-06-15_31_12-1-facebook-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1832\" height=\"905\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/2021-09-06-15_31_12-1-Facebook-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/2021-09-06-15_31_12-1-Facebook-1.jpeg 1832w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/2021-09-06-15_31_12-1-Facebook-1-300x148.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/2021-09-06-15_31_12-1-Facebook-1-1024x506.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/2021-09-06-15_31_12-1-Facebook-1-768x379.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/2021-09-06-15_31_12-1-Facebook-1-1536x759.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1832px) 100vw, 1832px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindu-minor-boy-beaten-up-by-mob-in-mp-dewas-on-suspicion-of-love-jihad-video-viral-with-false-claim\/2021-09-06-15_31_41\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1836\" height=\"880\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/2021-09-06-15_31_41-.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/2021-09-06-15_31_41-.jpeg 1836w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/2021-09-06-15_31_41--300x144.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/2021-09-06-15_31_41--1024x491.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/2021-09-06-15_31_41--768x368.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/2021-09-06-15_31_41--1536x736.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1836px) 100vw, 1836px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4><strong>Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Alt News performed a keyword search and found an article by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/nation\/2021\/sep\/04\/madhya-pradesh-minor-bashed-up-on-suspicion-of-love-jihad-2354349.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New Indian Express<\/a> dated September 4, stating that a 16-year-old boy was thrashed in Dewas, Madhya Pradesh where he had eloped with a 12-year-old girl. Locals thought that he was Muslim and had taken her under false pretences. Alleging &#8216;love jihad&#8217;, the mob beat him up. The police were quoted as saying that both the boy and girl were Hindus and residents of Uttar Pradesh.<\/p>\n<p>The report also mentioned that after this incident, both of them were handed over to the Uttar Pradesh police. Dewas police identified four people from the video and filed a complaint against 15 unidentified persons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hindi.thequint.com\/news\/states\/madhya-pradesh-16-y-old-boy-minor-beaten-in-front-of-police-on-suspicion-of-love-jihad#read-more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Quint<\/a> also covered the incident, and the outlet carried a screenshot of the viral video. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jansatta.com\/crime-news-hindi\/madhyapradesh-mob-beaten-minor-hindu-boy-in-suspicion-of-love-jihad-in-dewas\/1809848\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jansatta<\/a> wrote a story as well.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-102704 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/word-image-12.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/word-image-12.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/word-image-12-300x260.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/word-image-12-768x666.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News contacted Dewas SP Shiv Dayal Singh for more information on the case. \u201cThere is no &#8216;love jihad&#8217; angle to this incident. Both the boy and the girl were minors and Hindus. The police have begun taking action by registering a complaint against the people who beat up the boy. Both the minors were handed over to the Uttar Pradesh police.&#8221; he explained.<\/p>\n<p>To sum it up, a Hindu minor was thrashed by a mob in Madhya Pradesh that mistakenly believed he was a Muslim who abducted a Hindu girl. A video of this entire incident was also shared on social media with the same false &#8216;love jihad&#8217; angle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video of a group of people beating a boy in police presence over an alleged case of &#8216;love jihad&#8217; is widespread on social media. It is being claimed that a Muslim boy had convinced a Hindu girl to elope with him in Bhopal. Facebook user Geetam Singh Chahar posted the footage with the same [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":102707,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[693],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[664],"class_list":["post-102700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-religion","tag-featured","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-videos","an_content_type-fact-check"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/FAKE-4.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102700"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102781,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102700\/revisions\/102781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102700"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=102700"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=102700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}