Fact Check: Claim of lathicharge on devotees who came to Mahakumbh, misleading, Dhanbad’s video in investigation

New Delhi: In the Mahakumbh, crores of people from India and abroad have taken a dip of faith, and still millions of people are bathing daily. Meanwhile, while sharing a video on social media, it was claimed that the Uttar Pradesh Police is lathi -charged on the devotees who came to bathe in Mahakumbh. Let’s know what is the truth of these claims.

What is the claim of users?

On X, a user named @avinashKhabar shared the video and wrote, ‘Uttar Pradesh Police welcomes bathing in Mahakumbh bath. This is the Mahakumbh system of Uttar Pradesh government ** Gundaraj’

Another user @Rahulku18382624 has also shared a video of lathicharge. While posting the video, Rahul also wrote, ‘Uttar Pradesh Police welcomes bathing in Mahakumbh bath. This is the Mahakumbh system of Uttar Pradesh government’

What is the truth of viral video?

The claims of the police lathi -charged to the devotees who came to Mahakumbh seemed quite strange. When the team’s team investigated viral videos and claims, the claim turned out to be completely misleading. The viral video did not get related to Mahakumbh. First of all, the team’s team took out the viral keframe and checked it through reverse image. After which a viral video was found on the Facebook page named JH Public Live. Posting this video on January 2, it was written that after the@Tya in Dhanbad, the family created a ruckus outside the police station, the police launched sticks.

After that, the team of Ategrag searched Dhanbad police lathicharge keywords on Google and many media houses received reports. Live Hindustan report According to, a young man was immersed in a drain in Dhanbad and killed, after which the family lathi -charged when the family created a ruckus.

After that ETV India A video of it surfaced. In which it was told that there was a ruckus after the death of the young man in Dhanbad, people set fire to the police station in protest against the murder of the young man.

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conclusion: The video of lathicharge that is going viral on social media is not of Mahakumbh. It has been revealed in the investigation that the viral video is from Dhanbad. Where after the murder of the young man, when the family created a ruckus, the police lathi -charged.