Old Clip of BJP Uttarakhand Worker Being Thrashed Falsely Shared as Recent One

The incident of Ashwini Arora being thrashed dates back to 2018, and is falsely shared as a recent one.

Fact-Check | The video is old and is being falsely shared as a recent one.

(Photo: Altered by The Quint)

A video of a woman beating a man is going viral with a claim that it shows a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader being recently beaten with slippers for allegedly molesting women.

• After the initial recording, one can further find a video news report purportedly published by ABP News about the incident.

An archive of the post can be found here.

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(More archives of similar claims can be found here, here, and here.)

What is the truth?: The video dates back to 2018, when a BJP leader from Uttarakhand named 'Ashwini Arora' was reportedly beaten by the wife of an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer.

What led us to the truth?: Taking a hint from the viral video which carried the name of the BJP leader, we performed a keyword search and found a video news report published by ABP News.

• The report mentioned that Arora, who was identified as a BJP leader from Uttarakhand, was beaten with slippers by the wife of an IAS officer.

• The woman had accused Arora of molesting her for days. Following the incident, the BJP assured an action against the leader.

The report was published on 8 October 2018.

(Source: ABP News/Screenshot)

Other sources: The official YouTube channel of OneIndia Hindi carried similar visuals from the incident, which was published on 8 October 2018.

• Its title in Hindi loosely translated to, "Uttarakhand BJP leader thrashed with slippers by a woman, Viral Video. OneIndia Hindi."

• A report published by Times of India said that the Udham Singh Nagar BJP's district unit has suspended its worker, Ashwini Arora, after he was beaten by the wife of a police officer from Uttar Pradesh.

• The district president told the organisation, "He has been suspended and we have called a probe into the matter."

The report was published on 8 October 2018.

(Source: TOI/Screenshot)

Conclusion: The video is old and is being falsely shared as a recent one.

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