{"id":128881,"date":"2022-09-15T19:07:32","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T13:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=128881"},"modified":"2022-09-15T19:07:32","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T13:37:32","slug":"media-outlets-share-an-unrelated-video-from-mp-as-maharashtra-sangli-mob-beaten-up-sadhus-on-suspicion-of-being-child-lifters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/media-outlets-share-an-unrelated-video-from-mp-as-maharashtra-sangli-mob-beaten-up-sadhus-on-suspicion-of-being-child-lifters\/","title":{"rendered":"Media houses shared unrelated video from MP as sadhus beaten up for child theft in Maharashtra"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the past few weeks, there have been multiple reports of people getting attacked across the country over rumours of child kidnapping. This wave of rumours began circulating after <\/span>a particular incident in Mathura<\/span><\/a> in which the abduction of a child from Mathura railway station was caught on CCTV and shared widely. Police later found the child in the house of a BJP councilor. Following this, claims about child abductors and organ traders wandering in the guise of sadhus began circulating on social media. In some cases, unrelated and old videos and audio clips were used.<\/span><\/p>\n

The impact of these rumours was felt largely in parts of <\/span>Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Jharkhand<\/span><\/a>, where people began attacking any unknown individual or group of people deemed suspicious. The victims included mentally challenged persons and ordinary people. For example,<\/span> a mentally ill woman was<\/span><\/a> beaten up in Sitapur, UP. <\/span>Mentally challenged boys were being beaten up<\/span><\/a> on charges of child theft in<\/span>\u00a0Bhadohi in UP<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

A similar pattern had also been observed in 2019, when people were beaten up in several parts of India over rumours of child theft. Alt News had debunked these rumours back then, and continues to keep an eye on the situation. Taking cognizance of these cases, police have, in many isntances, <\/span>dismissed the rumours<\/span><\/a>. <\/span>Sitapur Police<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Moradabad Police<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Bareilly Police<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Hardoi Police<\/span><\/a> have issued statements.<\/span><\/p>\n

On September 13, news broke of <\/span>four sadhus being beaten up<\/span><\/a> in Maharashtra\u2019s Sangli district over child theft rumours. The police <\/span>arrested six people<\/span><\/a> while investigating this case. Reporting on the incident, ABP News aired a video in which a mob is seen beating up sadhus with sticks in front of a shop. ABP News ran the footage as sadhus being thrashed in Maharashtra by locals who mistook them for child kidnappers in Sangli district of Maharashtra. (<\/span>Archived link<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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BREAKING | \u092e\u0939\u093e\u0930\u093e\u0937\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930 \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u0902\u0917\u0932\u0940 \u092e\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u0927\u0941\u0913\u0902 \u0915\u0940 \u092a\u093f\u091f\u093e\u0908, \u0938\u094d\u0925\u093e\u0928\u0940\u092f \u0932\u094b\u0917\u094b\u0902 \u0928\u0947 \u092c\u0947\u0930\u0939\u092e\u0940 \u0938\u0947 \u092a\u0940\u091f\u093ehttps:\/\/t.co\/p8nVQWYM7F<\/a>@surajojhaa<\/a> | @AnchorSonal95<\/a> #Breaking<\/a> #Maharashtra<\/a> #Sangli<\/a> #MaharashtraNews<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/ybjrQd5nN1<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 ABP News (@ABPNews) September 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

News18 India also played several videos claiming this, in which the first is of the mob thrashing sadhus in front of the shop. (<\/span>Archived link<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u2014 News18 India (@News18India) September 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Times Now Navbharat also amplified this video with the same claim. (<\/span>Archived link<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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#BreakingNow<\/a>: \u092e\u0939\u093e\u0930\u093e\u0937\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930 \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u0902\u0917\u0932\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0938\u093e\u0927\u0941\u0913\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u092e\u093e\u0930\u092a\u0940\u091f, \u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u093e \u091a\u094b\u0930\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0905\u092b\u0935\u093e\u0939 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0938\u093e\u0927\u0941\u0913\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u092a\u0940\u091f\u093e @iamdeepikayadav<\/a> #Sangli<\/a> #Maharashtra<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/VWqrnwbQXH<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Times Now Navbharat (@TNNavbharat) September 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Several news outlets followed suit, including <\/span>Aaj Tak<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Republic Live<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>News18 Lokmat<\/span><\/a>, RSS mouthpiece <\/span>Organiser Weekly<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Zee Salaam<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Maharashtra Times<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>India TV Hindi<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Bharat 24<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Amar Ujala<\/span><\/a>, right-wing portal <\/span>OpIndia<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>The Lallantop<\/span><\/a>. Navbharat Times journalists \u2018<\/span>Bhadohi Wala<\/span><\/a>\u2019 and <\/span>Alok Kumar<\/span><\/a> along with India TV Hindi journalist <\/span>Vikash Tiwary<\/span><\/a> and ISKCON vice-president and spokesperson <\/span>Radharaman Das<\/span><\/a> also shared the video claiming the incident was from Sangli.<\/span><\/p>\n