{"id":89363,"date":"2021-04-01T20:14:30","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T14:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=89363"},"modified":"2021-04-01T20:14:30","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T14:44:30","slug":"video-of-bjp-mla-arun-narang-beaten-up-by-farmers-shared-as-waseem-rizvi-being-thrashed-by-fellow-muslims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-of-bjp-mla-arun-narang-beaten-up-by-farmers-shared-as-waseem-rizvi-being-thrashed-by-fellow-muslims\/","title":{"rendered":"No, Wasim Rizvi wasn&#8217;t beaten up for filing plea to remove 26 verses from Quran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The former chairman of Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board Wasim Rizvi recently <a href=\"https:\/\/ndtv.in\/india-news\/up-waseem-rizvi-plea-in-sc-plea-to-remove-26-verses-from-quran-2391092\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">filed a plea in the Supreme Court seeking removal of 26 verses from the Quran<\/a> which according to him are &#8220;controversial&#8221; and &#8220;teach violence&#8221;. The move invited flak from Muslims of both Shia and Sunni communities. Hundreds of people gathered in front of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/india\/story\/hundreds-protest-at-jama-masjid-seek-waseem-rizvi-s-arrest-for-filing-petition-in-sc-over-quran-verses-1781288-2021-03-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Delhi&#8217;s Jama Masjid<\/a> on March 19 to protest against Rizvi&#8217;s petition and termed him &#8216;anti-Muslim&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>A week after this incident, a video was made viral on social media which shows a man being rescued by the police from a mob. The man&#8217;s clothes are torn and the police are taking him to a safe place in a half-naked state.<\/p>\n<p>Several people <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/yK6I1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared<\/a> the video claiming that Rizvi was thrashed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aasif2k\/videos\/806214796646180\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/aasif2k\/videos\/806214796646180\/\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/aasif2k\/videos\/806214796646180\/\">Waseem Rizvi ka bura haal kiya logo ne nanga kar ke mara&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Good News For Whole Umma\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47<br \/>\nJust Now \ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47<br \/>\nWaseem Rizvi ka bura haal kiya logo ne&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aasif2k\/\">ISLAMIC INFORMATION WEB<\/a> on Sunday, March 28, 2021<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The video is massively <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/search\/?q=Waseem%20razvi%20ka%20bura%20haal%20kiya%20logo%20ne%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">viral on Facebook<\/a> with an identical claim.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89364\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Watch-Facebookss.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"786\" height=\"1088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Watch-Facebookss.jpg 786w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Watch-Facebookss-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Watch-Facebookss-740x1024.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Watch-Facebookss-768x1063.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 786px) 100vw, 786px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A few Twitter users also amplified the video. (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210330111337\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/SyedRouf10\/status\/1376157590367793152\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/14-Syed-Rouf-on-Twitter-Waseem-razvi-ka-bura-haal-kiya-logo-ne-nanga-kar-ke-maara-mustwatch-https-t-co-Q4qct4DndW-Twitter.jpg?w=752&amp;ssl=1\" width=\"752\" height=\"763\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News has received verification requests for the video on its <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.altnews&amp;hl=en_IN&amp;gl=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official mobile application<\/a> and Whatsapp number (+917600011160).<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-89363 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-of-bjp-mla-arun-narang-beaten-up-by-farmers-shared-as-waseem-rizvi-being-thrashed-by-fellow-muslims\/screenshot_20210330-110510\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1119\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot_20210330-110510.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot_20210330-110510.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot_20210330-110510-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot_20210330-110510-988x1024.jpg 988w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot_20210330-110510-768x796.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-of-bjp-mla-arun-narang-beaten-up-by-farmers-shared-as-waseem-rizvi-being-thrashed-by-fellow-muslims\/screen-shot-2021-03-30-at-11-00-45-am\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"516\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-30-at-11.00.45-AM.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-30-at-11.00.45-AM.png 516w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-30-at-11.00.45-AM-300x149.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Video shows BJP MLA Arun Narang, not Wasim Rizvi<\/h4>\n<p>Several policemen in the video can be seen wearing a turban. Taking this as a clue, we performed a Google search with the keywords \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=mob+thrashing+and+tearing+clothes+punjab%27&amp;oq=mob+thrashing+and+tearing+clothes+punjab%27&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57.182j0j1&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mob thrashing and tearing clothes Punjab<\/a>&#8216; and found a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UIanVVHs6Ys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video report<\/a> by India Today from March 28. According to the report, Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) MLA from Abohar, Punjab Arun Narang went to the BJP office for a press conference. But protesting farmers gathered outside the office surrounded and attacked him. The police later came to the spot and rescued Narang.<\/p>\n<p>A video of the incident can be watched below.<\/p>\n<iframe style=\"width:100%; height:auto; aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" title=\"Breaking News: BJP MLA \u092a\u0930 \u092b\u0942\u091f\u093e \u0915\u093f\u0938\u093e\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u093e \u0917\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0938\u093e, \u092c\u0941\u0930\u0940 \u0924\u0930\u0939 \u092a\u0940\u091f\u093e-\u0915\u092a\u0921\u093c\u0947 \u092d\u0940 \u092b\u093e\u0921\u093c\u0947 | Punjab News\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/25pXRjHzfSI?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>\n<p>For over four months now, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/farmers-call-for-bharat-bandh-on-march-26-to-mark-4-months-of-protest\/articleshow\/81438734.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">farmers of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh have been protesting<\/a> against the centre&#8217;s new farm laws. The protestors and the government are yet to reach a consensus.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=arun+narang+beaten&amp;oq=arun+narang+beaten&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60l2.8017j0j4&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">articles<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=arun+narang+beaten\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video reports<\/a> were published on the attack on Narang. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/comp-aajtak.jpg?resize=1024%2C512&amp;ssl=\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A comparison of the facial features of Wasim Rizvi and Arun Narang is further proof that the video doesn&#8217;t depict an attack on the former. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/comp-narang.jpg?resize=1024%2C512&amp;ssl=1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The viral video was shared with the false claim that former Shia Waqf Board chairman Wasim Rizvi was beaten by a Muslim mob enraged with his plea seeking to remove verses in the Quran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former chairman of Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board Wasim Rizvi recently filed a plea in the Supreme Court seeking removal of 26 verses from the Quran which according to him are &#8220;controversial&#8221; and &#8220;teach violence&#8221;. The move invited flak from Muslims of both Shia and Sunni communities. 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