

{"id":126341,"date":"2022-08-24T10:48:23","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T05:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=126341"},"modified":"2022-08-24T10:48:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T05:18:46","slug":"unrelated-video-from-hariyana-shared-as-mob-lynching-of-muslim-man-accusing-bull-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/unrelated-video-from-hariyana-shared-as-mob-lynching-of-muslim-man-accusing-bull-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"CCTV footage from Haryana falsely viral as video of lynching of Muslim youth in Bihar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A 44-second CCTV clip of a group of young men thrashing a man with sticks is viral on social media. A girl is also seen coming to the man\u2019s rescue, but the assailants do not relent. They continue to beat the man mercilessly as he is lying on the ground. It has been claimed that the video is from Bihar\u2019s Samastipur district. The victim is purported to be a man named Mohammad Mustaqeem. According to the viral claim, he was accused of stealing a bull, due to which the mob thrashed him to death.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Twitter user Shakeel Syed shared this video and wrote, &#8220;Bihar: Youth named Mohd Mustaqeem youth brutally beaten to death by a mob on charges of bull theft in Samastipur&#8221;. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/TLCMB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archived link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092c\u093f\u0939\u093e\u0930: \u0938\u092e\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0940\u092a\u0941\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092c\u0948\u0932 \u091a\u094b\u0930\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u0906\u0930\u094b\u092a \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092d\u0940\u0921\u093c \u0926\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0930\u093e \u092e\u094b\u0939\u092e\u094d\u092e\u0926 \u092e\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0915\u093c\u0940\u092e \u0928\u093e\u092e\u0940 \u092f\u0941\u0935\u0915 \u0915\u0940 \u092c\u0947\u0930\u0939\u092e\u0940 \u0938\u0947 \u092a\u0940\u091f \u092a\u0940\u091f\u0915\u0930 \u0939\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0915\u0930 \u0926\u0940 \u0917\u0908\u2026<br \/>\n\u092a\u0941\u0932\u093f\u0938 \u0928\u0947 \u0924\u0940\u0928 \u0928\u093e\u092e\u091c\u093c\u0926 \u0938\u092e\u0947\u0924 \u0905\u0928\u094d\u092f \u0905\u091c\u094d\u091e\u093e\u0924\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u0916\u093c\u093f\u0932\u093e\u092b\u093c \u092e\u093e\u092e\u0932\u093e \u0926\u0930\u094d\u091c \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0948\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fpKNWqMGLZ\">pic.twitter.com\/fpKNWqMGLZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shakeelsayed (@Shakeelsayed14) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Shakeelsayed14\/status\/1560228308012347392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another user named Irfan Ansari tweeted the visuals with a similar claim. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/jnbIR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archived link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-126342\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"892\" height=\"1466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/1-2.jpg 892w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/1-2-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/1-2-623x1024.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/1-2-768x1262.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 892px) 100vw, 892px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mohammad Harun Mansuri also amplified this video as an incident from Samastipur. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/9nMtU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archived link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-126343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/2-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"894\" height=\"1390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/2-2.jpg 894w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/2-2-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/2-2-659x1024.jpg 659w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/2-2-768x1194.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 894px) 100vw, 894px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B2%20%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A6%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AE&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Several other users<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> also promoted the clip with the accompanying claim.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Fact-check\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alt News performed a reverse image search using the frames taken from the viral video. This led us to a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesnowhindi.com\/faridabad\/article\/brutal-murder-young-man-brutally-murdered-in-middle-of-road-in-hisar\/429557\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Times Now Hindi article<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> dated August 3, 2022, in which the viral video has been mentioned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the article, this video depicts an incident in Hisar, Haryana. In a case of mutual enmity, a group of criminals beat a man named Vikas to death. His father Jaiveer Pehalwan had also been murdered several years ago. According to the report, several criminal cases were already registered against Vikas and at the time of the incident, he had just been released from prison a few days ago. After the incident, the police registered a case and launched an investigation. We also came across a few media reports covering this incident by outlets such as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/m.jagran.com\/lite\/haryana\/hisar-vikas-was-beaten-to-death-by-attackers-with-sticks-in-hansi-22951363.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jagran<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etvbharat.com\/amp\/english\/national\/bharat\/goons-brutally-murdered-youth-in-hansi-incident-caught-on-cctv\/na20220803171953975975580\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ETV Bharat<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haribhoomi.com\/amp\/local\/haryana\/brutal-murder-of-a-young-man-by-entering-the-house-in-hansi-456084\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hari Bhoomi<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. This confirms that the viral video is not from Samastipur.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-126344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/3-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/3-3.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/3-3-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/3-3-768x662.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>What happened in the Samastipur incident?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alt News performed a keyword search to investigate whether such an incident occurred in Samastipur. We came across two reports by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/zeenews.india.com\/hindi\/india\/bihar-jharkhand\/darbhanga\/samastipur-news-suspected-bull-thief-was-brutally-beaten-by-villagers-dead\/1284084\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Zee News<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/navbharattimes.indiatimes.com\/state\/bihar-news\/samastipur\/mob-lynching-in-bihar-bull-thief-beaten-to-death-by-villagers-in-samastipur\/articleshow\/93274459.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Navbharat Times<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> from August 1, 2022. According to their coverage, villagers in Bihar\u2019s Samastipur district thrashed a young man to death on charges of bull theft. While talking to the media, Samastipur&#8217;s Bibhutipur police station in charge Chandrakant Gauri stated that the police recovered mobile phones and motorcycles near the scene. The deceased has been identified as Mohammad Mustakim alias Bhola, a resident of Eghu village under the Mufassil police station area of \u200b\u200bthe Begusarai district. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/wWbTn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">News18 Bihar<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> also tweeted a video report related to the attack.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0938\u092e\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0940\u092a\u0941\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092d\u0940\u0921\u093c \u0915\u0947 \u0939\u0924\u094d\u0925\u0947 \u091a\u0922\u093c\u093e \u092c\u0948\u0932 \u091a\u094b\u0930\u0940 \u0915\u093e \u0906\u0930\u094b\u092a\u0940, \u092d\u0940\u0921\u093c \u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u092a\u0940\u091f-\u092a\u0940\u091f\u0915\u0930 \u0939\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0964 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dYs44or5zM\">pic.twitter.com\/dYs44or5zM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 News18 Bihar (@News18Bihar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/News18Bihar\/status\/1553968043415715840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To sum it up, CCTV footage of a man lynched to death in connection with a case of long-standing mutual enmity in Hisar, Haryana was falsely shared by social media users as a case of lynching of Muslim youth on charges of bull theft from Bihar\u2019s Samastipur district. In reality, these are two separate and unrelated incidents.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 44-second CCTV clip of a group of young men thrashing a man with sticks is viral on social media. A girl is also seen coming to the man\u2019s rescue, but the assailants do not relent. They continue to beat the man mercilessly as he is lying on the ground. 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