Youth assaulting sadhu in MP's Khandwa is NOT Muslim - Alt News
Kinjal
31st May 2022 / 4:19 pm
A video of a youth forcefully cutting a sadhu’s beard and hair is viral on social media. The attacker is also heard abusing the monk. It has been claimed that a Muslim youth in Khandwa misbehaved with a sadhu. Twitter user ‘Mahesh Sahu’ shared this video and wrote that the youth should be punished under ‘Hindu Act’. (Archive link)
खंडवा में एक मुस्लिम युवक ने एक अघोरी साधु महाराज की जटाएऔर दाढ़ी सारे आम काटी इस सूअर की औलाद को जल्द से जल्द पकड़ा जाए सभी इस पोस्ट को ज्यादा से ज्यादा फॉरवर्ड करें इसे सख्त से सख्त हिंदू एक्ट में सजा होना चाहिए @ChouhanShivraj आदरणीय संज्ञान लें। pic.twitter.com/fDuJScf1Wp
— mahesh sahu महेश साहू (@sahumahesh324) May 28, 2022
Several Twitter users amplified the video and accompanying claim.
खंडवा में एक मुस्लिम युवक ने एक अघोरी साधु महाराज की जटाएऔर दाढ़ी सारे आम काटी इस सूअर की औलाद को जल्द से जल्द पकड़ा जाए सभी इस पोस्ट को ज्यादा से ज्यादा फॉरवर्ड करें इसे सख्त से सख्त हिंदू एक्ट में सजा हो। @ChouhanShivraj @drnarottammisra @BJP4MP @MPPoliceOnline pic.twitter.com/BumOgmtEbp
— Dr. Tarun Gupta🎵 (@Tarun_19_20) May 28, 2022
The clip was also circulated on Facebook with a communal angle.
Taking a closer look, we noticed the video contains a logo that reads ‘Prithvi Chakra’. Upon further research, Alt News found that a channel named ‘Prithvi Chakra’ had posted this video on Facebook on May 24, 2022. According to the caption, a man named Praveen beat up a monk in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh.
Navbharat Times reported that a youth named Praveen Gaur had cut a monk’s hair and beard in front of a barber shop in the Patjan village of Khandwa district. The article also states that Praveen is the son of a hotelier and attacked the monk while intoxicated. The police were unable to identify the motive behind the attack.
Aaj Tak also identified the accused as Praveen Gaur, who is presently in police custody. Furthermore, Khandwa SP Vivek Singh was quoted as saying that the appropriate action was being taken and a case has been registered in this matter.
Alt News reached out to Khandwa police station in charge PR Davar. He informed us that there was no communal angle in the incident. “When the video of this incident went viral on social media, people objected to a monk being subjected to such an act. Following this, the police registered a case and the accused was taken into custody. However, the victim could not be traced during the investigation. The accused is not Muslim but hails from the Hindu community. He is currently in prison,” he said.
To sum it up, a video of a young man assaulting a monk in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh was falsely shared with a communal angle. The accused was not Muslim.
Kinjal Parmar holds a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology. However, her keen interest in journalism, drove her to pursue journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication. At Alt News since 2019, she focuses on authentication of information which includes visual verification, media misreports, examining mis/disinformation across social media. She is the lead video producer at Alt News and manages social media accounts for the organization.
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