{"id":300224,"date":"2025-06-10T13:25:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T07:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=300224"},"modified":"2025-06-10T13:25:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T07:55:47","slug":"2017-video-of-two-policemen-torturing-a-man-in-up-goes-viral-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/2017-video-of-two-policemen-torturing-a-man-in-up-goes-viral-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Old video of police brutality from UP viral again. Action was taken against cops in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A video depicting police brutality has surfaced on social media. In the video, two cops are seen torturing a man by placing a stick on his legs and standing on it, even as he screams in pain. The video is being shared as scenes from Uttar Pradesh and it is claimed that police under chief minister Yogi Adityanath are committing such atrocities on the public. X handle \u2018Samajwadi Prahari\u2019 posted this video with the same claim. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/LuLbX\"><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\">\u092f\u0947 \u092f\u094b\u0917\u0940 \u091c\u0940 \u0915\u093e \u0909\u0924\u094d\u0924\u0930 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0939\u0948 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Uppolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Uppolice<\/a><br \/>\n\u0914\u0930 \u092f\u094b\u0917\u0940 \u091c\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u092a\u0941\u0932\u093f\u0938 \u0939\u0948<br \/>\n\u091c\u094b \u091c\u0928\u0924\u093e \u092a\u0930 \u0915\u0930 \u0930\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u0905\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e\u091a\u093e\u0930 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z1wThqejhE\">https:\/\/t.co\/z1wThqejhE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Samajwadi Prahari (@SP_Prahari) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SP_Prahari\/status\/1930242144062636134?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">X user \u2018@parmanandyadavv\u2019, who claims to be the national secretary of the student Council of the Samajwadi Party, posted this video as footage of \u2018atrocities carried out by the Uttar Pradesh Police.\u2019 (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/parmanandyadavv\/status\/1930198491281928562\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archived link to the post<\/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\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-06-143005.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another X user posted this video with the claim that atrocities on the public had gone up under the BJP\u2019s leadership.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092f\u0947 \u092f\u094b\u0917\u0940 \u091c\u0940 \u0938\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u093e \u0909\u0924\u094d\u0924\u0930 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0939\u0948<br \/>\n\u0914\u0930 \u092f\u094b\u0917\u0940 \u091c\u0940 \u0938\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0940 \u092a\u0941\u0932\u093f\u0938 \u0939\u0948\u0902<br \/>\n\u091c\u094b \u091c\u0928\u0924\u093e \u092a\u0930 \u0915\u0930 \u0930\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u0905\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e\u091a\u093e\u0930<\/p>\n<p>\u092c\u0940\u091c\u0947\u092a\u0940 \u0938\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091c\u0928\u0924\u093e \u092a\u0930 \u0926\u093f\u0928 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0924\u093f\u0926\u093f\u0928 \u0905\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e\u091a\u093e\u0930 \u092c\u0922\u093c\u0924\u093e \u091a\u0932\u093e \u091c\u093e \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dPnDmHd8Q5\">pic.twitter.com\/dPnDmHd8Q5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DRx.Naved Raza (@NaveedR95475805) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NaveedR95475805\/status\/1930262587310215457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This video has also been shared on YouTube with the same claim. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/12SwDLgc8h8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u092f\u0947 \u092f\u094b\u0917\u0940 \u091c\u0940 \u0915\u093e \u0909\u0924\u094d\u0924\u0930 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0939\u0948\u0914\u0930 \u092f\u094b\u0917\u0940 \u091c\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u092a\u0941\u0932\u093f\u0938 \u0939\u0948 \u091c\u094b \u091c\u0928\u0924\u093e \u092a\u0930 \u0915\u0930 \u0930\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u0905\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e\u091a\u093e\u0930 #news #live #up\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CWFkNsM77rU?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><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88%20%E0%A4%94%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88%20%20%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8B%20%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88%20%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=top\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Several users recently amplified<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> the video on X as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Fact Check<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alt News had previously fact-checked this video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/old-video-of-two-policemen-torturing-a-man-viral-with-false-narrative\/\">back in August 2019<\/a>. At the time, this footage was viral with the false claim that the \u2018Gahmar Police beat up a boy for not serving them tea\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to a report by NDTV India dated November 19, 2017, the police had brutally beaten up the young man on charges of theft based on a woman\u2019s complaint. After a video of the incident surfaced, the station in-charge of Paniyara police station was suspended.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5oBqmY02Zlk?si=XrdbV-4lPOw44NMz]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Refuting the information in the viral post on June 5, 2025, the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UPPViralCheck\/status\/1930557861051973884?t=GU4ghPUOsfnLiTJC15jjWQ&amp;s=08\">fact-checking wing of the Uttar Pradesh Police<\/a> clarified that the video was actually of an incident that occurred in Maharajganj in 2017, in which appropriate action had been taken. According to a rebuttal letter by Maharajganj Police, in 2017, a woman had accused the alleged person of theft in the Paniyara district, after which he was called for questioning at the Paniyara station, with the video emerging later on. Action was taken against the sub-inspector and constable seen in the video. The police also urged people not to circulate the video of this old incident as recent.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Maharajganjpolice?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Maharajganjpolice<\/a><br \/>\n\u0935\u0930\u094d\u0937 2017 \u0915\u0940 \u0918\u091f\u0928\u093e \u0915\u094b \u0935\u0930\u094d\u0924\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0938\u094b\u0936\u0932 \u092e\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e \u092a\u0930 \u092a\u094b\u0938\u094d\u091f \u0915\u0930 \u0905\u092b\u0935\u093e\u0939 \u092b\u0948\u0932\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u092a\u094d\u0930\u092f\u093e\u0938 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u091c\u093e \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964 \u0909\u0915\u094d\u0924 \u0935\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u094b \u0915\u093e \u0935\u0930\u094d\u0924\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u0938\u0947 \u0915\u094b\u0908 \u0938\u0902\u092c\u0902\u0927 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0939\u0948\u0964 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XdrtBwF0xH\">https:\/\/t.co\/XdrtBwF0xH<\/a><br \/>\n\u0915\u0943\u092a\u092f\u093e \u092c\u093f\u0928\u093e \u0938\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e\u092a\u0928 \u092d\u094d\u0930\u093e\u092e\u0915 \u092a\u094b\u0938\u094d\u091f \u0928 \u0915\u0930\u0947\u0902\u0964<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Uppolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Uppolice<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UPPViralCheck?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UPPViralCheck<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S4y2lO1hwA\">pic.twitter.com\/S4y2lO1hwA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MAHARAJGANJ POLICE (@maharajganjpol) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maharajganjpol\/status\/1930519740016959568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To sum up, a video of police personnel beating up a boy on charges of theft in Uttar Pradesh\u2019s Maharajganj is viral again with different claims. However, the incident is from 2017. The readers should note that in 2017 too, Yogi Adityanath was the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video depicting police brutality has surfaced on social media. In the video, two cops are seen torturing a man by placing a stick on his legs and standing on it, even as he screams in pain. 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