Fact-Check: Video From Patna Falsely Shared as a Clip From Gujarat

The video is from Patna, where a cop reportedly thrashed a rickshaw puller for using the flyover.

The incident took place at Rajendra Nagar-Bahadurpur Bridge in Patna, Bihar.

(Source: Twitter/Altered by The Quint)

A video which shows a policeman thrashing a rickshaw puller on a flyover is going viral on social media with a claim that the incident is from poll-bound Gujarat.

An archive of this tweet can be seen here.

(Source: Twitter/Screenshot)

(Archives of more posts with the same claim can be seen here and here.)

What is the truth?: The video is from the Rajendra Nagar-Bahadurpur Bridge in Bihar's Patna, and not from Gujarat.

How did we find out?: In the video, a hoarding with the text 'Now in Patna' can be seen.

The hoarding reads 'Now in Patna.'

(Source: Facebook/Altered by The Quint)

Taking a cue from this, we used keywords to look for more information on the video on search engines and social media platforms.

• On Google, a search using Hindi keywords led us to a video on Navbharat Times' verified YouTube channel, which mentioned that the video is from Bihar.

The video's caption placed in the incident in Bihar's Patna.

(Source: YouTube/Altered by The Quint)

On Twitter, we came across a tweet by journalist Anand Singh, who shared it on 26 November.

• Singh mentioned that he witnessed the incident on the Rajendra Nagar-Bahadurpur Bridge in Patna, Bihar. He said that the rickshaws were not allowed on the flyover, and rickshaw puller was thrashed for using it

• Singh told The Quint that he recorded the incident while travelling from Rajgir to Patna.

Video details confirm the location: In order to verify the location of the incident, we asked Singh to share the device's recorded location details for the video.

• The screenshot shared by Singh confirmed that the video was taken in Patna, Bihar on 26 November, five minutes before he tweeted it.

The video details confirm that it was taken in Patna.

(Source: Anand Singh/Altered by The Quint)

Conclusion: The video is not from Gujarat. It was taken in Patna, Bihar where a policeman thrashed a rickshaw puller.

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