{"id":160440,"date":"2023-07-01T15:11:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T09:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=160440"},"modified":"2023-07-01T15:11:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T09:41:04","slug":"attack-on-pune-woman-accused-identified-as-shantanu-laxman-jadhav-social-media-users-call-him-jihadi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/attack-on-pune-woman-accused-identified-as-shantanu-laxman-jadhav-social-media-users-call-him-jihadi\/","title":{"rendered":"Attack on Pune woman: Accused identified as Shantanu Laxman Jadhav, social media users call him &#8216;Jihadi&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video has surfaced on social media where a man can be seen running after a woman with a weapon in his hand and can be seen striking her with it on her head. Later, passers-by come forward to stop the attacker. The video seems to be recorded on a CCTV camera and is said to be from Pune. Social media users are sharing this video with the claim that the man was a jilted lover. Referring to the attacker as a &#8216;Jehadi&#8217; or &#8216;Jihadi&#8217;, they suggested that he was a Muslim.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter user Ayesha (@Ayesha86627087) tweeted the video on June 27 calling the attacker a &#8220;Jehadi&#8221;. (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/save\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/status\/1673673013257023497\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Again, a Jehadi attacked a girl over one-sided love, tried to kiII her but people present there interfered, caught that guy &amp; saved the girl &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Pune?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Pune<\/a> \ud83d\ude32\ud83d\ude32\ud83d\udc47<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TomatoPrice?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TomatoPrice<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VandeBharatExpress?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VandeBharatExpress<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Encounter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Encounter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UniformCivilCode?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UniformCivilCode<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MeraBoothSabseMazboot?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MeraBoothSabseMazboot<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GqDtIuJ0Kh\">pic.twitter.com\/GqDtIuJ0Kh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ayesha (@Ayesha86627087) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ayesha86627087\/status\/1673673013257023497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Another Twitter user, Rajanikumari21 (@rajanikumari21), shared the same video the same day with the same claim. The tweet has received over 10,000 views and has been retweeted over 300 times. (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230630080233\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/rajanikumari21\/status\/1673673250625159177\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u091c\u092c\u0930\u0926\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0940 \u092a\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0930:-\u092a\u0941\u0923\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091c\u093f\u0939\u093e\u0926\u0940\u0930 \u0928\u0947 \u090f\u0915\u0924\u0930\u092b\u093e \u092a\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u090f\u0915 \u0932\u0921\u093c\u0915\u0940 \u092a\u0930 \u0939\u092e\u0932\u093e \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e,<br \/>\n\u0909\u0938\u0947 \u092e\u093e\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u0915\u094b\u0936\u093f\u0936 \u0915\u0940 \u0932\u0947\u0915\u093f\u0928 \u0935\u0939\u093e\u0902 \u092e\u094c\u091c\u0942\u0926 \u0932\u094b\u0917\u094b\u0902 \u0928\u0947 \u0939\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0947\u092a \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0914\u0930 \u0909\u0938 \u0932\u0921\u093c\u0915\u0947 \u0915\u094b \u092a\u0915\u0921\u093c \u0932\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0914\u0930 \u0932\u0921\u093c\u0915\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u092c\u091a\u093e \u0932\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0964<\/p>\n<p>\u092a\u0941\u0923\u0947\u0935\u093e\u0938\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u0909\u0928\u0915\u0947 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u092f\u093e\u0938\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u0938\u0932\u093e\u092e! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GRtPspMWQD\">pic.twitter.com\/GRtPspMWQD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rajanikumari21 (@rajanikumari21) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rajanikumari21\/status\/1673673250625159177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">Several other users <\/span><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80%20filter%3Avideos&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared<\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\"> the aforementioned video with <\/span><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">similar claims<\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\"> on social media. Some can be found below. Everyone referred to the attacker as a &#8216;Jihadi&#8217;. Some users described the incident as a &#8216;forced Love Jihad&#8217;.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-160440 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\/attack-on-pune-woman-accused-identified-as-shantanu-laxman-jadhav-social-media-users-call-him-jihadi\/screenshot-2023-06-30-142715\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"546\" height=\"557\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-30-142715.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-30-142715.png 546w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-30-142715-294x300.png 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/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\/attack-on-pune-woman-accused-identified-as-shantanu-laxman-jadhav-social-media-users-call-him-jihadi\/screenshot-2023-06-30-142739\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"446\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-30-142739.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-30-142739.png 446w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-30-142739-239x300.png 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px\" \/><\/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\/attack-on-pune-woman-accused-identified-as-shantanu-laxman-jadhav-social-media-users-call-him-jihadi\/screenshot-2023-06-30-142806\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"445\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-30-142806.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-30-142806.png 445w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-30-142806-279x300.png 279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/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\/attack-on-pune-woman-accused-identified-as-shantanu-laxman-jadhav-social-media-users-call-him-jihadi\/screenshot-2023-06-30-142836\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-30-142836.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-30-142836.png 615w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-30-142836-300x260.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/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\/attack-on-pune-woman-accused-identified-as-shantanu-laxman-jadhav-social-media-users-call-him-jihadi\/screenshot-2023-06-30-142930\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-30-142930.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-30-142930.png 602w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-30-142930-300x223.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/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\/attack-on-pune-woman-accused-identified-as-shantanu-laxman-jadhav-social-media-users-call-him-jihadi\/screenshot-2023-06-30-154837\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"418\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-30-154837.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-30-154837.png 418w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-30-154837-230x300.png 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Fact Check<\/h4>\n<p>On running a reverse image search on one of the key-frames of the video, we came across news reports related to this incident. According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/ndtv.in\/maharashtra-news\/video-the-accused-attacked-the-girl-with-a-sharp-weapon-the-local-people-somehow-saved-the-girls-life-4157265\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news report<\/a> by NDTV, the accused was already arrested and he had been charged under Section 307 (attempt to murder). The report also mentions that the victim&#8217;s mother had complained to the accused&#8217;s father that he had been bothering her daughter. Quoting DCP Pune Sandeep Singh Gill, the report states that the accused has been identified as Shantanu Laxman Jadhav.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-160459\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-30-153035.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"484\" height=\"544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-30-153035.png 484w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-30-153035-267x300.png 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As per an <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/cities\/pune\/pune-sadashiv-peth-youth-attacks-girl-student-8688278\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indian Express report<\/a>, the incident occurred on June 27 at Pune\u2019s Sadashiv Peth near the Perugate police chowki of Vishrambag police station. The 21-year-old accused allegedly attacked the victim with a machete because she ended their relationship owing to his abusive behaviour. The report mentions that police have said that both the attacker and the victim were students at Pune.<\/p>\n<p>The accused, Shantanu Laxman Jadhav, is a resident of Dongargaon village in the Mulshi area of Pune. DCP Sandeep Singh Gill added that the woman has sustained injuries on her head and hand from a sharp object. She underwent treatment and was out of danger.<\/p>\n<p>We came across more such <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?rlz=1C1ONGR_enIN1000IN1000&amp;q=pune+man+attacks+woman+machete&amp;tbm=nws&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjM1Yjoxer_AhVK-zgGHcBUBioQ0pQJegQIDBAB&amp;biw=1366&amp;bih=617&amp;dpr=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news reports<\/a> that carried similar information about the incident and the alleged assailant.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the claim that the man who attacked a woman with a machete in Pune was a Muslim is false. The assailant&#8217;s name is Shantanu Laxman Jadhav and he is currently in police custody.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video has surfaced on social media where a man can be seen running after a woman with a weapon in his hand and can be seen striking her with it on her head. Later, passers-by come forward to stop the attacker. 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