{"id":45922,"date":"2019-09-12T13:15:20","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T07:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=45922"},"modified":"2019-09-12T13:25:13","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T07:55:13","slug":"unrelated-video-falsely-shared-as-policemen-thrashing-civilian-for-not-wearing-helmet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/unrelated-video-falsely-shared-as-policemen-thrashing-civilian-for-not-wearing-helmet\/","title":{"rendered":"Unrelated video falsely shared as policemen thrashing civilian for not wearing helmet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>&#8220;\u0905\u0917\u0930 \u0906\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u0939\u0947\u0932\u092e\u0947\u091f \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0932\u0917\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0924\u094b \u0907\u0928 \u092a\u0941\u0932\u093f\u0938 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u092e\u093e\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u0905\u0927\u093f\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0928\u0947 \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e &#8221; (If you are not wearing a helmet, who has given policemen the right to use physical force- translated).\u00a0<\/em>This message accompanies a video clip which has been shared on social media. The 58 second video clip shows policemen thrashing a man wearing jeans and a blue t-shirt.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1179553578871982\/videos\/488567295297964\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/1179553578871982\/videos\/488567295297964\/\"><p>\u0905\u0917\u0930 \u0906\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u0939\u0947\u0932\u092e\u0947\u091f \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0932\u0917\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0924\u094b \u0907\u0928 \u092a\u0941\u0932\u093f\u0938 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u092e\u093e\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u0905\u0927\u093f\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0928\u0947 \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\u091c\u092f-\u091c\u0935\u093e\u0928-1179553578871982\/\">\u091c\u092f \u091c\u0935\u093e\u0928<\/a> on Tuesday, September 10, 2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The above <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AF-%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8-1179553578871982\/\">post<\/a> is by a page \u091c\u092f \u091c\u0935\u093e\u0928. It has been viewed over 67,000 times and shared over 3,500 times since it was posted on September 10. Several individual users have posted the video on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F%20%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8B%20%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A8%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%20%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE&amp;epa=SERP_TAB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>, with identical text. The video has also been posted on<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F%20%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8B%20%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A8%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%20%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%20&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45928\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/beaten2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"806\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/beaten2.png 806w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/beaten2-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/beaten2-768x538.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 806px) 100vw, 806px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>FACT CHECK<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The accompanying social media claim is false. The video is not related to violation of traffic regulations and consequent police action. Alt News took a frame from the video clip and reverse-searched it on Google. The search result threw up a link to a <em>MyNation<\/em> report, titled <em>&#8216;Karnataka: Kodagu police thrash youth for eve-teasing; video goes viral&#8217;. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45934\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/beaten3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"549\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/beaten3.png 549w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/beaten3-300x281.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mynation.com\/video\/india-news\/karnataka-kodagu-police-thrash-youth-for-eve-teasing-video-goes-viral-ptjfve\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The report<\/a>, containing the same video clip now doing the rounds, was dated June 23, 2019. It stated that a video had gone viral showing Kodagu police thrashing two men who were accused of eve-teasing near a college in Kodagu. <em>&#8220;The duo, who hail from Kerala&#8217;s Malappuram, had come to Kodagu in a car and were reportedly seen eve-teasing girls near a college. Virajpet residents immediately caught the duo and began to thrash them in public.\u00a0Later, they were handed over to the Virajpet police where they were seen thrashing the youth for their behaviour in public. The video of them beating up the youths went viral on social media on Saturday (June 22) evening.&#8221;<\/em>, the report stated.<\/p>\n<p>The same was reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanherald.com\/state\/mangaluru\/video-of-police-thrashing-youth-goes-viral-742206.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Deccan Herald<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45963\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/beaten7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/beaten7.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/beaten7-296x300.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Alt News found another report by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mangalorean.com\/%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%A6%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A5%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AF%E0%B3%8A%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%97%E0%B3%86-%E0%B2%85%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%81\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kannada portal<\/a>, which stated the same. It may be noted that the video showing policemen thrashing a person, is from Kodagu, Karnataka and pertains to an eve-teasing case. It is not related to the new traffic rules for penalties, or its aftermath.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;\u0905\u0917\u0930 \u0906\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u0939\u0947\u0932\u092e\u0947\u091f \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0932\u0917\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0924\u094b \u0907\u0928 \u092a\u0941\u0932\u093f\u0938 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u092e\u093e\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u0905\u0927\u093f\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0928\u0947 \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e &#8221; (If you are not wearing a helmet, who has given policemen the right to use physical force- translated).\u00a0This message accompanies a video clip which has been shared on social media. 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