{"id":108628,"date":"2021-12-13T17:24:23","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T11:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=108628"},"modified":"2021-12-13T17:24:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T11:54:23","slug":"false-claim-that-a-cop-beaten-up-by-sp-mla-in-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/false-claim-that-a-cop-beaten-up-by-sp-mla-in-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Video shared with false claim that SP MLA &#8220;Salim Haider&#8221; beat up a policeman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video of a group of people beating a policeman is viral on social media. It has been claimed that &#8220;Mukhtar Ganj SP MLA Salim Haidar&#8221; and Ram Kripal Yadav beat a police officer. Yadav is a BJP Bihar MLA. Twitter user \u2018@DrGunwanta\u2019 tweeted the visuals with the same claim. It received more than 1,700 views as of this writing. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.md\/j01M9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092f\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u092e\u0941\u0916\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0930\u0917\u0902\u091c\u0938\u0947 \u0938\u092a\u093e \u0935\u093f\u0927\u093e\u092f\u0915 \u0938\u0932\u0940\u092e \u0939\u0948\u0926\u0930 \u0938\u093e\u0925\u092e\u0947 \u0930\u093e\u092e\u0915\u0943\u092a\u093e\u0932 \u092f\u093e\u0926\u0935,\u0926\u0947\u0916\u093f\u090f \u0915\u0948\u0938\u0947 \u092c\u0940\u091a \u0938\u0921\u093c\u0915 \u092a\u0930 \u092a\u0941\u0932\u093f\u0938 \u0915\u0930\u094d\u092e\u0940\u0915\u094b \u0925\u092a\u094d\u092a\u0921\u093c \u092e\u093e\u0930 \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902,\u092f\u0926\u093f \u0938\u092a\u093e \u0938\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0906\u0908 \u0924\u094b \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0939\u093e\u0932\u0939\u094b\u0917\u093e<\/p>\n<p>\u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0906\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u092f\u094b\u0917\u0940\u091c\u0940\u0915\u0947 \u0930\u093e\u091c\u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0926\u0947\u0916\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0915\u093f \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u092a\u0941\u0932\u093f\u0938\u0915\u0930\u094d\u092e\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902\u0915\u094b \u0935\u093f\u0927\u093e\u092f\u0915 \u092f\u093e \u0928\u0947\u0924\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u092a\u0940\u091f\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0902<\/p>\n<p>\u091a\u092f\u0928 \u092f\u0941\u092a\u0940 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u094b\u0902\u0915\u094b \u0915\u0930\u0928\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0917\u0941\u0902\u0921\u093e\u0930\u093e\u091c \u092f\u093e \u092f\u094b\u0917\u0940\u0930\u093e\u091c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jWGWe7DHQF\">pic.twitter.com\/jWGWe7DHQF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DR PRADIP GUNWANTA DESHMUKH (@DrGunwanta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrGunwanta\/status\/1467864670337859586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 6, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The footage is viral on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%95%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AE%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A5%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%20%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B5&amp;sde=AbrncOC9Eo4JY_OLJrNRxWbosfm1ezmJR0aX8OWKgLG1ilxgg98ELbozPbV_g85X9dPMRY0BVOKSo_9vqwB3JHXI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%95%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AE%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A5%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%20%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B5&amp;src=typed_query\">Twitter<\/a>. It was also posted in numerous Facebook groups, including \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/180940386855395\/posts\/332994814983284\">Rss # \u0915\u093e\u0930\u094d\u092f\u0915\u0930\u094d\u0924\u093e<\/a>\u2018, \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1402024989925334\/posts\/4509953915799077\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I Support Narendra Modi, Yogi Ji &amp; RSS<\/a>\u2018, \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/270527864280146\/posts\/501870447812552\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u092f\u094b\u0917\u0940 \u0906\u0926\u093f\u0924\u094d\u092f\u0928\u093e\u0925 \u091c\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u092b\u0948\u0928 (\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0941\u092a)<\/a>\u2019.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-108628 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><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\/false-claim-that-a-cop-beaten-up-by-sp-mla-in-up\/2021-12-11-13_08_30-window\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"357\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/2021-12-11-13_08_30-Window.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/2021-12-11-13_08_30-Window.png 357w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/2021-12-11-13_08_30-Window-186x300.png 186w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><\/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\/false-claim-that-a-cop-beaten-up-by-sp-mla-in-up\/2021-12-11-13_11_03-window\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/2021-12-11-13_11_03-Window.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/2021-12-11-13_11_03-Window.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/2021-12-11-13_11_03-Window-300x269.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/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\/false-claim-that-a-cop-beaten-up-by-sp-mla-in-up\/2021-12-11-13_11_17-window-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/2021-12-11-13_11_17-Window-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/2021-12-11-13_11_17-Window-1.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/2021-12-11-13_11_17-Window-1-300x280.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/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\/false-claim-that-a-cop-beaten-up-by-sp-mla-in-up\/2021-12-11-13_11_24-window-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"490\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/2021-12-11-13_11_24-Window-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/2021-12-11-13_11_24-Window-1.jpeg 490w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/2021-12-11-13_11_24-Window-1-300x271.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The video was also uploaded on YouTube with the same claim.<\/p>\n<iframe style=\"width:100%; height:auto; aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" title=\"\u092e\u0941\u0916\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0930\u0917\u0902\u091c \u0938\u0947 \u0938\u092a\u093e \u0935\u093f\u0927\u093e\u092f\u0915 \u0938\u0932\u0940\u092e \u0939\u0948\u0926\u0930 \u0938\u093e\u0925 \u092e\u0947 \u0915\u0943\u092a\u093e\u0932 \u092f\u093e\u0926\u0935 ,\u0915\u0948\u0938\u0947 \u092c\u0940\u091a \u0938\u095c\u0915 \u092a\u0930 \u092a\u0941\u0932\u093f\u0938 \u0915\u0930\u094d\u092e\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u0925\u092a\u094d\u092a\u095c \u092e\u093e\u0930 \u0930\u0939\u0947\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Lbxvs0jXoRQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<h4><strong>Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Alt News performed a keyword search and came across a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bhaskar.com\/local\/uttar-pradesh\/lucknow\/news\/the-policeman-who-came-to-lucknow-from-pilibhit-for-government-work-was-beaten-up-by-rioters-after-a-car-collision-accused-arrested-129176342.html?ref=inbound_More_News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dainik Bhaskar report<\/a> dated December 3. According to the report, this incident occurred on the night of December 2 in Lucknow. Inspector Vinod Kumar was driving through the area when his vehicle collided against another vehicle parked on the road outside a hotel. Following the collision, a group of people rushed outside to the scene and began attacking Kumar. Reportedly, a man named Ashish Shukla slapped the inspector. A case was filed against four individuals at the Hasanganj police station. They were later arrested.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-108631 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/word-image-12.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/word-image-12.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/word-image-12-300x211.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/word-image-12-768x539.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lucknow police also reported that four people were arrested. In the video below, officer Prachi Singh identifies them as Pravendra Mathur, Priyank Mathur, Ashish Kumar Shukla and Pranjul Mathur.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Police_commissionerate_Lucknow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Police_commissionerate_Lucknow<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u0938\u094b\u0936\u0932 \u092e\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e \u092a\u0930 \u0935\u093e\u092f\u0930\u0932 \u0935\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u094b \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092a\u0941\u0932\u093f\u0938\u0915\u0930\u094d\u092e\u0940 \u0938\u0947 \u092e\u093e\u0930\u092a\u0940\u091f \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 04 \u0905\u092d\u093f\u092f\u0941\u0915\u094d\u0924 \u0925\u093e\u0928\u093e \u0939\u0938\u0928\u0917\u0902\u091c \u092a\u0941\u0932\u093f\u0938 \u091f\u0940\u092e \u0926\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0930\u093e \u0917\u093f\u0930\u092b\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0930\u0964<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UPPolice?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UPPolice<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lkopolice_On_Duty?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Lkopolice_On_Duty<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jWUNuz5QMG\">pic.twitter.com\/jWUNuz5QMG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 POLICE COMMISSIONERATE LUCKNOW (@lkopolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lkopolice\/status\/1466660735266607107?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 3, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Alt News also contacted the SHO of Hasanganj police station Ashok Sonkar. He denied the claim about the perpetrators being affiliated with the Samajwadi Party. \u201cThe accused have no ties with the Samajwadi Party or any other political party,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, neither is there an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myneta.info\/search_myneta.php?q=salim+haidar+\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MLA in the SP<\/a> named Salim Haidar nor is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elections.in\/uttar-pradesh\/assembly-constituencies\/samajwadi-party-candidate-list.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mukhtar Ganj<\/a> a constituency.<\/p>\n<p>To sum it up, footage of people beating a policeman in the middle of a road was shared with the false claim that an SP MLA named Salim Haidar was behind the attack. It is worth noting that several false claims about the Samajwadi Party have been circulating on social media against the backdrop of the upcoming Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly elections. You can find Alt News\u2019s fact-check reports on these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/?s=%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80+%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%80+\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video of a group of people beating a policeman is viral on social media. It has been claimed that &#8220;Mukhtar Ganj SP MLA Salim Haidar&#8221; and Ram Kripal Yadav beat a police officer. Yadav is a BJP Bihar MLA. Twitter user \u2018@DrGunwanta\u2019 tweeted the visuals with the same claim. It received more than 1,700 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":108637,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[693],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[664],"class_list":["post-108628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-featured","fact_checks_claim_type-economics","an_content_type-fact-check"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/compare-3.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108628","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=108628"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108645,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108628\/revisions\/108645"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108628"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=108628"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=108628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}