{"id":4457,"date":"2017-08-02T22:02:37","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T16:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=4457"},"modified":"2017-08-02T22:02:37","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T16:32:37","slug":"fake-news-bulletin-1-fake-video-caste-violence-gujarat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-news-bulletin-1-fake-video-caste-violence-gujarat\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake News Bulletin 1: Fake video of caste violence from Gujarat and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video of a couple who were stripped, thrashed and paraded around naked is being currently circulated as a video of caste violence in Gujarat. This same video is also being circulated as a video of caste violence in Uttar Pradesh. In reality, the video is neither from Gujarat or Uttar Pradesh. Other than various <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sanjivbhatt\/status\/892711567451664385\" target=\"_blank\">social media accounts<\/a>, a website called <a href=\"http:\/\/skepticindians.com\/18-warning-horrific-video-girl-boy-stripped-beaten-gujarat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Skeptic Indians<\/a> also spread this fake video. A <a href=\"http:\/\/tamilarasial.com\/2017\/07\/30\/\u0b89\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0bc7\u0b9a\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd-\u0ba4\u0bb2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tamil website<\/a>, tamilarasial.com, also spread the rumour that it was caste based violence.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/fake-video-sanjiv-bhatt.jpg\" alt=\"fake-video-sanjiv-bhatt\" width=\"543\" height=\"703\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/fake-video-sanjiv-bhatt.jpg 543w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/fake-video-sanjiv-bhatt-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/fake-video-sanjiv-bhatt-324x420.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4458\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/fake-story-dalit-couple-up.jpg\" alt=\"fake-story-dalit-couple-up\" width=\"486\" height=\"656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/fake-story-dalit-couple-up.jpg 486w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/fake-story-dalit-couple-up-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/fake-story-dalit-couple-up-311x420.jpg 311w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/jaipur\/couple-paraded-naked-in-rajasthan-village-video-goes-viral\/story-I7IzaI3WjO8z5s8KWColcI.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hindustan times<\/a>, the incident took place in Shambhupura village in Banswara district of Rajasthan in April 2017. After a Khap like diktat was issue, Kachru (20) and his cousin with whom he was allegedly in a relationship were thrashed and paraded naked inside the village. Both the victims belonged to the Bhil tribal community of Rajasthan. Here&#8217;s the video report of the same incident:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpb_video_wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Couple stripped naked, thrashed by villagers in Rajasthan - The News\" width=\"1290\" height=\"968\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ca2RIos4oww?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<\/div>\n<p>A Facebook page called &#8220;Yogi Ji Best CM&#8221; circulated a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YogiJiBestCM\/videos\/1288674577896753\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a> claiming that a member of Durga Vahini, RSS&#8217;s women&#8217;s wing, defeated a Pakistani woman wrestler. This video was shared over 27,000 times, liked over 53,000 times and viewed 1.2 million times at the time of writing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4461\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/fake-story-rss-vs-pakistani-wrestler-yogi-ji-best-cm.jpg\" alt=\"fake-story-rss-vs-pakistani-wrestler-yogi-ji-best-cm\" width=\"693\" height=\"709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/fake-story-rss-vs-pakistani-wrestler-yogi-ji-best-cm.jpg 693w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/fake-story-rss-vs-pakistani-wrestler-yogi-ji-best-cm-293x300.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/fake-story-rss-vs-pakistani-wrestler-yogi-ji-best-cm-356x364.jpg 356w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/fake-story-rss-vs-pakistani-wrestler-yogi-ji-best-cm-411x420.jpg 411w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/fake-story-rss-vs-pakistani-wrestler-yogi-ji-best-cm-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/fake-story-rss-vs-pakistani-wrestler-yogi-ji-best-cm-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/fake-story-rss-vs-pakistani-wrestler-yogi-ji-best-cm-64x64.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 693px) 100vw, 693px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In reality, as reported by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deccanchronicle.com\/lifestyle\/viral-and-trending\/170616\/watch-salwar-kameez-clad-punjabi-woman-knocks-down-pro-wrestler-in-fierce-fight.html\" target=\"_blank\">Deccan Chronicle<\/a>, the fight was between a woman, who\u2019s a former Haryana police officer and power-lifting and mixed martial arts champion Kavita, and a professional woman wrestler, BB Bull Bull. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cwepower\/videos\/1640685866256101\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cwepower\/videos\/1640685866256101\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cwepower\/videos\/1640685866256101\/\">Continental Wrestling Entertainment.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former #Haryana police officer, and power- lifting and #MMA champion #KAVITA accepted the open challenge of BB Bull Bull. Watch as the crowd erupts while chaos takes place before the General Manager #Heymant Singh issues next week&#039;s MIXED TAG-TEAM MATCH! #CWE #Jalandhar #TheGreatKhali<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cwepower\/\">CWE &#8211; Dalip Singh<\/a> on Monday, June 13, 2016<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The admin of &#8220;Yogi Ji Best CM&#8221; not only circulated the above video with a fake message, the person also seems to be ignorant that Durga Vahini is the women&#8217;s wing of VHP and not RSS.<\/p>\n<p>Another picture of a man putting his foot on a Hindu idol and posted by a page called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/388478141232580\/photos\/a.388480077899053.95792.388478141232580\/1486883651392018\/?type=3&#038;theater\" target=\"_blank\">Krishna<\/a> has been shared over 57000 times. Some Twitter accounts also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/disha0143\/status\/890242047696928768\" target=\"_blank\">circulated<\/a> this picture demanding that the man should be hung to death. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/fake-story-man-with-foot-on-idol.jpg\" alt=\"fake-story-man-with-foot-on-idol\" width=\"396\" height=\"735\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/fake-story-man-with-foot-on-idol.jpg 396w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/fake-story-man-with-foot-on-idol-162x300.jpg 162w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/fake-story-man-with-foot-on-idol-226x420.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In reality, the man has been photo-shopped into the picture and doesn&#8217;t exist in the original picture. The original picture can be seen below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/original-picture-hindu-idol.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"707\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/original-picture-hindu-idol.jpg 530w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/original-picture-hindu-idol-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/original-picture-hindu-idol-315x420.jpg 315w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is only a small selection of fake videos\/images that were circulated on social media this week. In this day and age, always cross-check everything before sharing it on your personal social media profiles or over WhatsApp. Cross-checking is especially important if a video is violent in nature or if it evokes extreme emotions. Beware of fake news sites such as hindutva.info, postcard.news, dainikbharat.org etc. These websites spread fake news as a business model and mint tons of money via such fake news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video of a couple who were stripped, thrashed and paraded around naked is being currently circulated as a video of caste violence in Gujarat. This same video is also being circulated as a video of caste violence in Uttar Pradesh. In reality, the video is neither from Gujarat or Uttar Pradesh. 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