{"id":106027,"date":"2021-10-28T17:49:40","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T12:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=106027"},"modified":"2021-10-28T17:54:19","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T12:24:19","slug":"11-year-old-video-shared-with-false-claim-that-sp-leader-kamal-akhtar-thrashed-by-up-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/11-year-old-video-shared-with-false-claim-that-sp-leader-kamal-akhtar-thrashed-by-up-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Video from 2011 revived as SP leader Kamal Akhtar thrashed by UP police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A news broadcast of a speech by SP leader Kamal Akhtar has been making the rounds online. He is heard saying that to date no IPS, PCS or officer has had the courage to refuse him. This video has been taken from an ABP News broadcast and it is followed by another clip wherein the police are seen beating a man with sticks. It&#8217;s being claimed that UP police personnel beat Akhtar over his remarks. The accompanying viral message reads, \u201cYogi is not just a Yogi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>User Arun Shukla shared the visuals with the same claim. (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211026093835\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/shukla28\/status\/1451841612137463810\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0926\u094b\u0938\u094d\u0924\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u092e\u093e\u0932 \u0905\u0916\u094d\u0924\u0930 \u092f\u0942\u092a\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091c\u093f\u0938 \u0915\u0940 \u0924\u0942\u0924\u0940 \u092c\u094b\u0932\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u092f\u0939 \u092c\u094b\u0932\u0924\u0940 \u0925\u0940 \u092f\u094b\u0917\u0940 \u092f\u0942\u0902 \u0939\u0940 \u092f\u094b\u0917\u0940 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0939\u0948.\u092a\u0941\u0932\u093f\u0938 \u0928\u093f\u092d\u093e \u0930\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u0921\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0908 \u0915\u094d\u0932\u0940\u0928\u0930\u094d\u0938 \u0915\u093e \u0930\u094b\u0932 \u0915\u092a\u0921\u093c\u094b\u0902 \u0909\u0938\u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u0927\u0942\u0932 \u091d\u093e\u0921\u093c \u0930\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude01 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5U0MUb3JES\">pic.twitter.com\/5U0MUb3JES<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83d\udc9e\u0905\u0930\u0941\u0923 \u0936\u0941\u0915\u094d\u0932\u093e \ud83d\udc9e (@shukla28) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shukla28\/status\/1451841612137463810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Another Twitter user also amplified the clip and accompanying message. (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211026093219\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/satyendra_jhind\/status\/1452610205682909185\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">*\u0939\u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0924\u094b \u0906\u091c\u0924\u0915 \u092a\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0940 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0925\u093e \u0915\u093f \u092f\u094b\u0917\u0940 \u0915\u0947 UP \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u090f\u0915 \u0928\u092f\u093e \u0928\u0947\u0924\u093e \u092a\u0948\u0926\u093e \u0939\u0941\u0906 &#8221; \u0915\u092e\u093e\u0932 \u0905\u0916\u094d\u0924\u0930 ,, \u0915\u0940 \u0924\u0942\u0924\u0940 \u092c\u094b\u0932\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u0914\u0930 \u092f\u094b\u0917\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u0916\u0941\u0932\u093e \u091a\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0932\u0947\u0901\u091c \u0915\u0930\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0964 \u0907\u0938\u0947 \u0924\u094b \u0915\u094b\u0908 \u091b\u0942 \u092d\u0940 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0938\u0915\u0924\u093e \u0964 \u0906\u092a \u092d\u0940 \u092a\u0942\u0930\u0940 VDO \u0926\u0947\u0916\u0947\u0902 \u0964* \ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd14 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vr8JdfbRmD\">pic.twitter.com\/Vr8JdfbRmD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Satyendra Chaurasia\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 \u0938\u0928\u093e\u0924\u0928\u0940 #TeamSP (@satyendra_jhind) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/satyendra_jhind\/status\/1452610205682909185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The video is widespread on <a 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https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/2021-10-26-15_10_43-\u0939\u092e\u0947\u0902-\u0924\u094b-\u0906\u091c\u0924\u0915-\u092a\u0924\u093e-\u0939\u0940-\u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902-\u0925\u093e-\u0915\u093f-\u092f\u094b\u0917\u0940-\u0915\u0947-UP-\u092e\u0947\u0902-\u0928\u0947\u0924\u093e-_-\u0915\u092e\u093e\u0932-\u0905\u0916\u094d\u0924\u0930-search-results-768x556.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/11-year-old-video-shared-with-false-claim-that-sp-leader-kamal-akhtar-thrashed-by-up-police\/2021-10-26-15_10_19-facebook\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"707\" height=\"786\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/2021-10-26-15_10_19-Facebook.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full 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Scenes from the viral video appear <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/myZm3IIMk-E?t=77\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">at the 1:18 mark<\/a>. The video is titled, &#8220;SP leader in Amroha gives a controversial speech, says no officer has the courage to refuse me&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=myZm3IIMk-E?start=78]<\/p>\n<p>Alt News had already fact-checked the second video shared with the broadcast <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/six-year-old-video-circulated-claiming-sp-leader-kamal-akhtar-thrashed-police-inciting-riots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">back in December 2017<\/a>. At that time too, it was shared with the claim that Akhtar had been beaten up by the UP police. This video uploaded on April 25, 2011, actually features SP leader Raja Chaturvedi. It is titled, \u201cSamajwadi Party leader Raja Chaturvedi 21 February 2011 at Vidhan Sabha UP\u201d. YouTube has banned this video, but you can access it in full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iFuTXewKLqk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106029 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/word-image-43.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/word-image-43.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/word-image-43-300x209.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/word-image-43-768x536.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to an <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.indianexpress.com\/news\/mlas-were-dragged-out-of-the-house-by-bsp-goons-sp\/753681\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indian Express report<\/a> dated February 23, 2011, Samajwadi Party leaders opposing the then Mayawati-led state government were thrashed by cops. It is also mentioned that SP had accused the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party of resorting to hooliganism by forcibly driving away MLAs who had been protesting against them in the assembly.<\/p>\n<p>A video of SP leaders being lathi-charged for staging a demonstration in 2011 has been circulating over the last five years with the false claim that the UP police beat up SP leader Kamal Akhtar. It was revived after Akhtar&#8217;s speech in April 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A news broadcast of a speech by SP leader Kamal Akhtar has been making the rounds online. He is heard saying that to date no IPS, PCS or officer has had the courage to refuse him. 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