No, This Video Does Not Show a Child Being Beaten Up at 'RSS Training Camp'

This video is from Uttar Pradesh and does not show RSS training children.

Fact-Check: A video from Uttar Pradesh showing a teacher beating a student at a Sanskrit school is being falsely linked to RSS.

(Photo: Altered by The Quint)

(Trigger warning: Distressing & violent visuals.)

A video showing a man beating up a kid violently with sticks while other children are watching in the background is going viral on social media to claim that this incident is from a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) training camp.

(Note: We have refrained from adding links to the claim due to the distressing nature of the content.)

The video is viral on social media platforms.

(Source: Facebook/Screenshot)

What's the truth?: According to the SHO at Sidhauli police station, this video shows a Sanskrit teacher beating a student at Gurukul (Sanskrit school) located in Sidhauli in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur.

• It is being falsely linked with the RSS.

How did we find out the truth?: We performed a reverse image search on some of the keyframes of the video which led us to some Hindi reports shared on 9 October 2023.

• An article by Dainik Bhaskar carried screengrabs from the viral video and stated that the video shows a teacher brutally beating a student at a Sanskrit school in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh.

• Another report by Aaj Tak also carried the viral video.

An article by Dainik Bhaskar.

(Source: Screenshot/DB)

• Taking a cue, we performed a relevant keyword search and came across a post on the X (formerly Twitter) account of Sitapur Police.

• In the video, CO Sadar Shri Raju Kumar Saav clarifies that police have taken the teacher, Satish Joshi, into custody.

We reached out to the police for more details: According to Sidhauli police station's SHO RK Singh, the video shows Satish Joshi, a teacher at Kishori Sanskrit School who was brutally thrashing one of his students.

• The police arrested Joshi after the video went viral.

• Singh clarified that this video is not from an RSS camp but from a Gurukul.

Conclusion: A video from Uttar Pradesh showing a teacher beating a student at a Sanskrit school is being falsely linked to RSS.

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