“महारानी की राजस्थान पुलिस और अधिकारियों का घिनौना चेहरा इस वीडियो में साफ दिख रहा है , अपना हक मांगने आए लोगों पर लाठियाँ और अत्याचार किए जा रहे है। @narendramodi जी अब राजस्थान के युवा आपको एक चैलेंज देते हे ,वीडियो देखिए और सरकार और पुलिस और SDM पर कार्यवाही कीजिए !है हिम्मत?”Pawan Godara, General Secretary, Rajasthan Congress Committee
When translated the tweet states, “The ugly faces of the queen’s Rajasthan police and administration can be seen in this video. They lathi-charged and tortured people who demanded their rights. @narendramodi the youth of Rajasthan are giving you a challenge, see the video and take legal action against the government, police and SDM.”
Godara posted the video alleging that the Rajasthan state police lathi-charged and attacked several youths who demanded their rights. (The tweet has since been removed)
However, Godara did not mention when the alleged incident took place, who were the ones protesting and what were their demands.
The Video Is of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
Alt News broke up the video into individual frames with InVid software for videos, and reverse searched the images via Google. We found that the incident in question had occurred in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, on 12 June when activists of Hindu Jagran Manch (HJM) staged a protest outside the SSP’s (Senior Superintendent of Police) office. ANI, The Times of India, and The Indian Express were among the many media outlets that covered the incident.
HJM, a Hindutva outfit affiliated to the Vishva Hindu Parishad, is infamous for its staunch religious ideologies.
Last year, the Uttar Pradesh police had to provide security in all Aligarh schools and colleges after HJM warned Indian Christians against celebrating Christmas.
Hindu Jagran Manch workers on 12 June forcibly locked the gate of the SSP’s office while demanding the arrest of a man booked for attempt to murder.
The Indian Express had reported that the man was a cinema hall owner who had opened fire at two members of HJM three months ago. According to The Times of India, SP (crime) Ashutosh Dwivedi assured the protesters that he will personally look into the probe after they claimed that the police was not investigating the case properly. The Times of India report further states that “moderate” force was used to disperse the protestors when they did not heed to police’s requests and “misbehaved” with the general public.
(This article was first published in Alt News and has been re-published with permission.)
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