{"id":44856,"date":"2019-08-29T15:05:03","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T09:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=44856"},"modified":"2019-08-30T17:01:35","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T11:31:35","slug":"three-men-dressed-as-women-beaten-over-false-child-kidnapping-rumours-in-himachal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/three-men-dressed-as-women-beaten-over-false-child-kidnapping-rumours-in-himachal\/","title":{"rendered":"Two men dressed as women beaten over false child-kidnapping rumours in Himachal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On August 23, Facebook page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/story.php?story_fbid=468406270624322&amp;id=499667053758266\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Pyara Uttarkhand<\/em><\/a> posted a video where three people are being thrashed by a mob. The video was shared with the narrative that child kidnappers were caught by locals in Himachal Pradesh&#8217;s Chail Chowk area. It has been shared more than 1,400 times and viewed close to 50,000 times. <em>&#8220;Be cautious, warning: you all take special care of your children.&#8221;, <\/em>warned the message.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/499667053758266\/videos\/468406270624322\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/499667053758266\/videos\/468406270624322\/\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u0938\u093e\u0935\u0927\u093e\u0928 \u0930\u0939\u0947\u0902 \u091a\u0947\u0924\u093e\u0935\u0928\u0940 :<br \/>\n\u0906\u092a \u0938\u092d\u0940 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u0935\u093f\u0936\u0947\u0937 \u0927\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0928 \u0930\u0916\u0947\u0902<br \/>\n\u091a\u0948\u0932\u091a\u094c\u0915 \u0939\u093f\u092e\u093e\u0902\u091a\u0932 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u093e \u0917\u093f\u0930\u094b\u0939 \u0938\u092e\u091d\u0915\u0930 \u0914\u0930\u0924\u094b \u0915\u0947 \u092d\u0947\u0937 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0918\u0942\u092e \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0935\u094d\u092f\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u092a\u0915\u095c\u093e, \u091c\u0928\u0924\u093e \u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u092a\u0941\u0932\u093f\u0938 \u0915\u0947 \u0939\u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u0964<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\u092a\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0930\u093e-\u0909\u0924\u094d\u0924\u0930\u093e\u0916\u0902\u0921-499667053758266\/\">\u092a\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0930\u093e \u0909\u0924\u094d\u0924\u0930\u093e\u0916\u0902\u0921<\/a> on Friday, 23 August 2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The same page has posted the same video with the identical next on a few more Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top\/?q=%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80&amp;epa=SEARCH_BOX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">groups<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44861\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/2019-08-29-02_29_32-\u0938\u093e\u0935\u0927\u093e\u0928-\u0930\u0939\u0947\u0902-\u091a\u0947\u0924\u093e\u0935\u0928\u0940-\u2013-Facebook-Search.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"561\" height=\"686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/2019-08-29-02_29_32-\u0938\u093e\u0935\u0927\u093e\u0928-\u0930\u0939\u0947\u0902-\u091a\u0947\u0924\u093e\u0935\u0928\u0940-\u2013-Facebook-Search.png 561w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/2019-08-29-02_29_32-\u0938\u093e\u0935\u0927\u093e\u0928-\u0930\u0939\u0947\u0902-\u091a\u0947\u0924\u093e\u0935\u0928\u0940-\u2013-Facebook-Search-245x300.png 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Fact-check<\/h2>\n<p>Alt News found that the video depicts an incident where two men and a woman, allegedly impersonating as transgenders, were beaten by a mob over false accusations of being child-lifters. The incident took place in Gohar town of Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh. According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/hindi.news18.com\/news\/himachal-pradesh\/mandi-three-person-beaten-in-mandi-gohar-as-public-thought-they-are-member-of-child-theft-group-hpvk-2352253.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>News 18<\/em><\/a> report, <span class=\"c-message__body\" dir=\"auto\" data-qa=\"message-text\">they were roaming in the town since the last three days with the said get-up and collecting donations\u00a0<i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">(chanda)<\/i> from people<\/span>. Locals got suspicious of the trio and started questioning them. The report stated that these people were giving tortuous answers to locals&#8217; queries which caused the crowd to get even more suspicious and eventually beat them up. All the three group members including a husband and wife duo are residents of Punjab.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44863\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/2019-08-29-02_56_22-\u0939\u093f\u092e\u093e\u091a\u0932-\u092e\u0947\u0902-\u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u093e-\u091a\u094b\u0930\u094b\u0902-\u0915\u093e-\u0916\u094c\u092b_-3-\u0928\u0915\u0932\u0940-\u0915\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0928\u0930\u094b\u0902-\u0915\u094b-\u091c\u092e\u0915\u0930-\u092a\u0940\u091f\u093e-_-himachal-pradesh-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1137\" height=\"626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/2019-08-29-02_56_22-\u0939\u093f\u092e\u093e\u091a\u0932-\u092e\u0947\u0902-\u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u093e-\u091a\u094b\u0930\u094b\u0902-\u0915\u093e-\u0916\u094c\u092b_-3-\u0928\u0915\u0932\u0940-\u0915\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0928\u0930\u094b\u0902-\u0915\u094b-\u091c\u092e\u0915\u0930-\u092a\u0940\u091f\u093e-_-himachal-pradesh-.jpg 1137w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/2019-08-29-02_56_22-\u0939\u093f\u092e\u093e\u091a\u0932-\u092e\u0947\u0902-\u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u093e-\u091a\u094b\u0930\u094b\u0902-\u0915\u093e-\u0916\u094c\u092b_-3-\u0928\u0915\u0932\u0940-\u0915\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0928\u0930\u094b\u0902-\u0915\u094b-\u091c\u092e\u0915\u0930-\u092a\u0940\u091f\u093e-_-himachal-pradesh--300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/2019-08-29-02_56_22-\u0939\u093f\u092e\u093e\u091a\u0932-\u092e\u0947\u0902-\u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u093e-\u091a\u094b\u0930\u094b\u0902-\u0915\u093e-\u0916\u094c\u092b_-3-\u0928\u0915\u0932\u0940-\u0915\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0928\u0930\u094b\u0902-\u0915\u094b-\u091c\u092e\u0915\u0930-\u092a\u0940\u091f\u093e-_-himachal-pradesh--768x423.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/2019-08-29-02_56_22-\u0939\u093f\u092e\u093e\u091a\u0932-\u092e\u0947\u0902-\u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u093e-\u091a\u094b\u0930\u094b\u0902-\u0915\u093e-\u0916\u094c\u092b_-3-\u0928\u0915\u0932\u0940-\u0915\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0928\u0930\u094b\u0902-\u0915\u094b-\u091c\u092e\u0915\u0930-\u092a\u0940\u091f\u093e-_-himachal-pradesh--1024x564.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/2019-08-29-02_56_22-\u0939\u093f\u092e\u093e\u091a\u0932-\u092e\u0947\u0902-\u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u093e-\u091a\u094b\u0930\u094b\u0902-\u0915\u093e-\u0916\u094c\u092b_-3-\u0928\u0915\u0932\u0940-\u0915\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0928\u0930\u094b\u0902-\u0915\u094b-\u091c\u092e\u0915\u0930-\u092a\u0940\u091f\u093e-_-himachal-pradesh--990x545.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1137px) 100vw, 1137px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However, in a local news <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=1&amp;v=8DyQOPeI__A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a> posted below, one of the group members can be heard saying in Punjabi that they were not impersonating as transgenders but it&#8217;s their family business of roaming on the streets while enacting different roles and entertaining people.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0928\u0915\u0932\u0940 \u0915\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0928\u0930\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u093e \u0939\u0941\u0906 \u092f\u0947 \u0939\u093e\u0932\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8DyQOPeI__A?start=1&#038;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>Alt News contacted Mandi district police. SP Gurdev Chand Sharma said, <em>&#8220;They were beaten up due to some misunderstanding. These people [trio] were drunk. It was identified that they are resident of Rupnagar [a district in Punjab]. A rumour was spread that these are child-kidnappers.&#8221;<\/em> When asked whether an FIR was lodged against the mob or the people accused of child-lifting, he said, <em>&#8220;They have been released. No FIR was lodged from either side.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, a video where people, allegedly impersonating as transgenders, were falsely accused of child-kidnapping and beaten was shared on social media to further push rampant child-lifting rumours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 23, Facebook page Pyara Uttarkhand posted a video where three people are being thrashed by a mob. The video was shared with the narrative that child kidnappers were caught by locals in Himachal Pradesh&#8217;s Chail Chowk area. It has been shared more than 1,400 times and viewed close to 50,000 times. &#8220;Be cautious, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":44865,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[152],"class_list":["post-44856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-videos","an_content_type-fact-check"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Himachal-Pradesh.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44856"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44932,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44856\/revisions\/44932"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44856"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=44856"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=44856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}