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A Twitter user <em><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/9S1Km\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@shailen_pratap<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>shared the video saying,\u00a0<em>&#8220;\u0909\u0924\u094d\u0924\u0930 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u0947\u0936 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u090f\u0915 \u0926\u0932\u093f\u0924 \u0915\u094b \u092e\u0938\u094d\u091c\u093f\u0926 \u0915\u0947 \u0905\u0902\u0926\u0930 \u0916\u0940\u0902\u091a \u0915\u0930 \u0932\u0947 \u0917\u090f \u0914\u0930 \u092e\u093e\u0930-\u092e\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0930 \u0905\u0927\u092e\u0930\u093e \u0915\u0930 \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0964 <s>#<\/s>MobLynching (A Dalit was dragged into a mosque in Uttar Pradesh and brutally thrashed. #MobLynching.)&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0909\u0924\u094d\u0924\u0930 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u0947\u0936 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u090f\u0915 \u0926\u0932\u093f\u0924 \u0915\u094b \u092e\u0938\u094d\u091c\u093f\u0926 \u0915\u0947 \u0905\u0902\u0926\u0930 \u0916\u0940\u0902\u091a \u0915\u0930 \u0932\u0947 \u0917\u090f \u0914\u0930 \u092e\u093e\u0930-\u092e\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0930 \u0905\u0927\u092e\u0930\u093e \u0915\u0930 \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0964<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MobLynching?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MobLynching<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SudarshanNewsTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SudarshanNewsTV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SureshChavhanke?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SureshChavhanke<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZeeNewsHindi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ZeeNewsHindi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sardanarohit?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sardanarohit<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/madhukishwar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@madhukishwar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abpnewstv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@abpnewstv<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OrKc7WmD4L\">pic.twitter.com\/OrKc7WmD4L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0936\u0948\u0932\u0947\u0902\u0926\u094d\u0930 Shailen\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@shailen_pratap) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shailen_pratap\/status\/1149228987362828288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 11, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>@shailen_pratap\u00a0<\/em>is followed by the top brass of the Bharatiya Janata Party &#8211; union home minister Amit Shah and union commerce and railway minister Piyush Goyal&#8217;s office. He is also followed by Delhi BJP spokesperson Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga. His tweet drew nearly 2,000 retweets and was viewed over 16,000 times. His tweet was quote-tweeted by journalist Abhijit Iyer Mitra.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">There has been a steady stream of Muslim on Dalit violence for two years running. Why no coverage of this ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kAHETeDBaU\">https:\/\/t.co\/kAHETeDBaU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Abhijit Iyer-Mitra (@Iyervval) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Iyervval\/status\/1149290778214031360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 11, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A Twitter user <em>@RituRathaur <\/em>also quote-tweeted <em>@shailen_pratap&#8217;s\u00a0<\/em>tweet and wrote, <em>&#8220;Mob Drags one dalit Hindu insidea mosque &amp; almost lynch him to death&#8221;<\/em>. She is also followed by top BJP leaders &#8211; union ministers Giriraj Singh and Piyush Goyal&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Barbaric!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DaraHuaMusalman?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DaraHuaMusalman<\/a> Mob Drags one dalit Hindu insidea mosque &amp; almost lynch him to death!<br \/>\nAll SC\/ST activists will turn their ugly faces the other way now that criminals r jihadis &amp; no Media will outrage on this cruelty!<br \/>\nDoes SC\/ST act not apply on peacefuls?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SabkaVishwas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SabkaVishwas<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cVdutUZdka\">https:\/\/t.co\/cVdutUZdka<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ritu (\u0938\u0924\u094d\u092f\u0938\u093e\u0927\u0915) #EqualRightsToHindus (@RituRathaur) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RituRathaur\/status\/1149367284118384642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 11, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The video is also circulating on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/850834828603202\/videos\/706105036504942\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> and WhatsApp.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40964 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-12-at-2.46.22-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"593\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-12-at-2.46.22-PM.png 401w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-12-at-2.46.22-PM-300x255.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Fact-check<\/h2>\n<p>A keyword search redirected Alt News to news reports by\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bhaskar.com\/uttar-pradesh\/meerut\/news\/up-news-hapur-youth-beaten-badly-in-a-mosque-by-locals-on-suspicion-of-mobile-theft-01561417.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dainik Bhaskar<\/a>, <\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/up.punjabkesari.in\/uttar-pradesh\/news\/people-beaten-teacher-badly-in-a-doubt-of-mobile-theft-1005511\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Punjab Kesari<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patrika.com\/hapur-news\/few-people-beaten-urdu-teacher-in-masjid-4664836\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patrika <\/a><\/em>which said that the man was beaten up by a mob on the allegation of stealing a mobile phone. The incident had occurred in UP&#8217;s Harpur district. According to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bhaskar.com\/uttar-pradesh\/meerut\/news\/up-news-hapur-youth-beaten-badly-in-a-mosque-by-locals-on-suspicion-of-mobile-theft-01561417.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dainik Bhaskar<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>he was taken hostage by a mob when he had gone to pray namaz and beaten for more than an hour. A complaint was filed by his brother Akhlaq.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40965 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/download-2019-07-12T145532.402.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"667\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/download-2019-07-12T145532.402.png 667w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/download-2019-07-12T145532.402-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/download-2019-07-12T145532.402-74x55.png 74w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If one carefully listens, at about 17 seconds into the video someone can be heard saying, <em>&#8220;Do mobile nikal liya tha (He had stolen two mobile phones.)&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Harpur police had tweeted that the incident had taken place on May 29 and a case was registered in Harpur Nagar police station against those who were beating up the man. An English translation of the police statement says &#8211; <em>&#8220;The above case is of May 29, 2019 where the Harpur Nagar police station has started proceedings against three accused under Section 151 of CrPC act, NCR no. 278\/19 section:323\/504 on the basis of the written complaint filed by the victim&#8217;s brother on 02.06.2019. Legal proceedings have started.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0909\u0915\u094d\u0924 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0915\u0930\u0923 29 \u092e\u0908 2019 \u0915\u093e \u0939\u0948, \u091c\u093f\u0938\u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092a\u0940\u0921\u093c\u093f\u0924 \u0915\u0947 \u092d\u093e\u0908 \u0926\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0930\u093e \u0926\u093f\u0928\u093e\u0901\u0915: 02.06.2019 \u0915\u094b \u0926\u0940 \u0917\u092f\u0940 \u0924\u0939\u0930\u0940\u0930 \u0915\u0947 \u0906\u0927\u093e\u0930 \u092a\u0930 \u0925\u093e\u0928\u093e \u0939\u093e\u092a\u0941\u0921\u093c \u0928\u0917\u0930 \u092a\u0930 \u090f\u0928\u0938\u0940\u0906\u0930 \u0938\u0902\u0916\u094d\u092f\u093e: 278\/19 \u0927\u093e\u0930\u093e: 323\/504 \u092d\u093e\u0926\u0935\u093f \u092a\u0902\u091c\u0940\u0915\u0943\u0924 \u0915\u0930 03 \u0905\u092d\u093f\u092f\u0941\u0915\u094d\u0924\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u093e \u0927\u093e\u0930\u093e 151 Crpc \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091a\u093e\u0932\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0917\u092f\u093e\u0964 \u0905\u0917\u094d\u0930\u093f\u092e \u0935\u093f\u0927\u093f\u0915 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u094d\u092f\u0935\u093e\u0939\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u091c\u093e \u0930\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u0964<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 HAPUR POLICE (@hapurpolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hapurpolice\/status\/1145728963584462857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Alt News contacted Harpur Nagar police station and were informed by the SHO that both the victim and the perpetrators hailed from the same community. <em>&#8220;He was beaten on the suspicion of mobile theft. Three people were arrested,&#8221; <\/em>SHO Mahavir Singh told Alt News.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, a mob of Muslim men did brutally thrash a man inside a mosque. However, the claims that the victim was a Dalit and that he was beaten up for entering the place of worship are false. As clarified by the police both the victim and the perpetrators are of the same community and the victim was thrashed on the suspicion of mobile theft.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, several incidents were found to be shared on social media with a communal narrative. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-of-stone-pelting-in-jaipur-mosque-viral-as-muslims-attacking-temple-in-haryana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stone-pelting at a mosque in Jaipur<\/a> was falsely circulated as members of the Muslim community attacking a temple in Haryana. A video of sexual molestation in UP was also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/harassment-of-a-minor-girl-in-zafarabad-up-falsely-attributed-to-members-of-muslim-community\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">falsely ascribed<\/a> to members of the Muslim community. An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/assault-on-mp-tribal-woman-for-eloping-with-dalit-man-shared-with-multiple-false-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">assault on a tribal woman from MP<\/a> was shared on social media with multiple false, communal narratives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video is viral on social media with the claim that it depicts a Dalit man being mercilessly thrashed by a mob of Muslim men in Uttar Pradesh. The man was beaten up for entering a mosque, the claim furthers. 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