{"id":173463,"date":"2023-12-30T13:04:29","date_gmt":"2023-12-30T07:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=173463"},"modified":"2023-12-30T13:04:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T07:34:29","slug":"2019-video-from-up-gangrape-shared-as-bihar-with-communal-angle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/2019-video-from-up-gangrape-shared-as-bihar-with-communal-angle\/","title":{"rendered":"UP gangrape footage falsely viral; In 2019 incident, perpetrators were all Muslims, victim a minor Hindu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A video of a group of men assaulting a girl while she pleads with them has been doing the rounds on social media. It has been claimed that the incident occurred in Bihar, and the victim was a Muslim and the perpetrators Hindus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A user named Ruheen Bi tweeted the video claiming that a Muslim girl in Bihar was raped in a forest by a group of Hindu men. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/ephrW\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archived link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-28-at-7.54.20-PM-1.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another user named Paro Nidhi Rao shared the video and wrote that footage of a Muslim girl being gang raped in a forest by a group of Hindu men was being circulated in &#8216;Hindu Twitter and Facebook groups&#8217;. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/n4b9r\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archived link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-28-at-7.54.20-PM.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Two other users named <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/1Z3D9\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Abdul Qadir Khan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/t1q9f\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Afak Ali Mansoori<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> also shared the video with the same claim.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-173463 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\/2019-video-from-up-gangrape-shared-as-bihar-with-communal-angle\/screenshot-2023-12-28-200200\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"786\" height=\"1268\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-28-200200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-28-200200.jpg 786w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-28-200200-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-28-200200-635x1024.jpg 635w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-28-200200-768x1239.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 786px) 100vw, 786px\" \/><\/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\/2019-video-from-up-gangrape-shared-as-bihar-with-communal-angle\/screenshot-2023-12-28-200144\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"776\" height=\"1268\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-28-200144.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-28-200144.jpg 776w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-28-200144-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-28-200144-627x1024.jpg 627w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-28-200144-768x1255.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 776px) 100vw, 776px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4><b>Fact Check<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alt News performed a keyword search using terms related to the video, which led us to an article dated September 26, 2019 on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abplive.com\/states\/up-uk\/police-arrested-third-accused-involved-in-kaushambi-gang-rape-case-1463689\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ABP News<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. According to the report, the incident took place in Kaushambi, Uttar Pradesh. A teenage girl who had gone to cut grass in a village under the jurisdiction of the Sarai Akil police station, was captured by Mohammad Nazim, Mohammad Aaqib, and Mohammad Chhotka, who gangraped her and recorded the act. People were alerted by the girl&#8217;s shrieks and reached the spot. Mohammad Nazim was caught on the spot, while the others fled. Following this, Uttar Pradesh Police launched a search and arrested the absconding accused, Mohammad Chhotka and Mohammad Aaqib alias Barka.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-28-192357.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bhaskar.com\/uttar-pradesh\/allahabad\/news\/up-news-kaushambi-rape-accused-arrested-in-police-encounter-in-kaushambi-01650007.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dainik Bhaskar<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> reported that there was a reward of Rs 25,000 on Mohammad Chhotka, the accused involved in the gangrape of the minor Dalit girl, who was arrested after a shootout during which he was shot in the legs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-28-192550.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We performed another keyword search and came across a video dated September 23, 2019 on a YouTube channel named NYOOZ UP-Uttarakhand. The report contains the victim\u2019s statement. She reveals that the accused raped her when she had gone to cut grass. The victim&#8217;s father accused the police of beating him when he had gone to the police station to file a report about the incident. The police registered a case when hundreds of villagers, angered by the inaction of the police, reportedly surrounded the Sarai Akil police station.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qWVsIgj_Dng?si=Rwv_2dfsopJ2uNiN]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some users also shared the video on Twitter. On September 23, 2019, Kaushambi police, while replying to these tweets, wrote that a case had been registered in Sarai Akil police station in the matter and one of the accused had been arrested and sent to jail. They added that they were conducting raids to arrest the other accused. Police appealed to users to immediately delete tweets containing the video to preserve the victim\u2019s dignity and future. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190923211102\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/kaushambipolice\/status\/1176177896332783616\"><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\">\u0909\u0915\u094d\u0924 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0915\u0930\u0923 \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u0902\u092c\u0902\u0927 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0925\u093e\u0928\u093e \u09380\u0905\u0915\u093f\u0932 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0905\u092d\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0917 \u092a\u0902\u091c\u0940\u0915\u0943\u0924 \u0915\u0930 01 \u0905\u092d\u093f\u092f\u0941\u0915\u094d\u0924 \u0915\u094b \u0917\u093f\u0930\u092b\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0930 \u091c\u0947\u0932 \u092d\u0947\u091c\u093e \u0917\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0936\u0947\u0937 \u0905\u092d\u093f\u092f\u0941\u0915\u094d\u0924\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0940 \u0917\u093f\u0930\u092b\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u0939\u0947\u0924\u0941 \u0926\u092c\u093f\u0936 \u0926\u0940 \u091c\u093e \u0930\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948, \u092a\u0940\u0921\u093c\u093f\u0924\u093e \u0915\u0940 \u0917\u0930\u093f\u092e\u093e, \u092e\u093e\u0928\u0935\u0924\u093e \u090f\u0935\u0902 \u092d\u0935\u093f\u0937\u094d\u092f \u0915\u094b \u0926\u0943\u0937\u094d\u091f\u093f\u0917\u0924 \u0930\u0916\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0941\u090f \u0909\u0915\u094d\u0924 \u091f\u094d\u0935\u0940\u091f \u0915\u094b \u0924\u0924\u094d\u0915\u093e\u0932 \u0921\u093f\u0932\u0940\u091f \u0915\u0930 \u0926\u0947\u0902l<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KAUSHAMBI POLICE (@kaushambipolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kaushambipolice\/status\/1176177896332783616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to an article published on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abplive.com\/states\/up-uk\/kaushambi-gang-rape-case-verdict-all-three-convict-get-life-imprisonment-1470317\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ABP Ganga\u2019s website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on February 6, 2020, the court sentenced the three miscreants who gangraped a Dalit girl in Kaushambi on September 21, 2019 to life imprisonment and also imposed a fine of Rs 1.83 lakh on them. <strong>The report mentions that they were charged under the SC\/ST Act and tried in a POCSO court.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-28-192708.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To sum it up, footage recorded by perpetrators from a four-year-old incident of gangrape from Uttar Pradesh is being falsely circulated as a Muslim girl being assaulted in Bihar by a group of Hindu men. In reality, the victim was a Hindu minor Dalit girl and the perpetrators were Muslims.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video of a group of men assaulting a girl while she pleads with them has been doing the rounds on social media. It has been claimed that the incident occurred in Bihar, and the victim was a Muslim and the perpetrators Hindus. 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