Fact Check: Did the police beat up people taking out a procession in support of the Waqf Board in Patna? Know the truth of the viral video

New Delhi: These days a video is becoming increasingly viral on social media. In this video, police are seen beating people. The video is going viral and it is being claimed that the police is lathi-charging the Muslim community which is taking out a procession in support of the Waqf Board in Patna.

What is being claimed on social media?

While sharing the video on social media platform There is a coalition government of Nitish Kumar and BJP, the police first explained it to them lovingly, and when they were not ready to accept it, then the police was forced to give them a lot of hospitality.

Till the time of writing this post, this post had been viewed more than 2,42,000 times and had received more than 7,400 likes. of this post archive View version here. Other posts shared with the same claim Here, Here And Here Can be seen.

Why is Waqf Board in discussion?

waqf board There are organized organizations established in every state or union territory under the Waqf Act 1995, which manage Waqf properties. recently Bihar Assembly The opposition has demanded the central government to withdraw the Waqf Amendment Bill. This bill will be introduced in the Lok Sabha in August 2024. Bill There is a proposal to change the Waqf Board, so that non-Muslim members can be included in it. opposition party Are opposing this bill.

Fact check of viral video

At the 1.04 timestamp of the viral video, a person is saying, ‘We were demanding madrassa salaries. Our demands are not being met. This statement clearly shows that this demonstration is not for the Waqf Board.

When reverse image search was done on the keyframes of the video, reports from many media outlets were found, which confirmed that this video is not fresh but it is from the protest held in Patna in 2015.

mid-day Photographs of this demonstration were reported in a report dated 28 August 2015 (archiveThis report was made with the credit of ANI. The report said the protest was organized by the Bihar State Madrassa Teachers Association, demanding salaries that were pending for two years. The protesters reportedly wanted to meet Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to air their grievances, but the police lathi-charged the protesters. This makes it clear that the video is old and is not related to the Waqf Board.

times of India also published the same video on 28 August 2015 with the title ‘Police lathicharged on protesting teachers in Bihar’.

times of India Another report said that AIMMM members and madrassa teachers were lathicharged at Gardnibagh Stadium, injuring several protesters.

India TV’s Youtube video This was also confirmed from. In the video report, the place of protest has been described as Gardnibagh Patna, where the police had lathi-charged the teachers demanding the outstanding salaries of the Nitish Kumar-led government.

What is the truth of the viral video?

In our investigation it became clear that this video is not fresh. The viral video is from a 2015 protest in Patna, Bihar, over outstanding salaries of madrassa teachers. This has nothing to do with the Waqf Amendment Bill or the recent Waqf Board.

(This story was originally published logical factsAnd republished by NBT as part of Shakti Collective.)