Fact Check: Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann Thrashed By Public? No, Video Goes Viral With False Claim
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2024-05-18 12:28 GMT
A video of mob assaulting a man wearing a yellow turban is being widely shared on social media platforms and the people who shared the video claim that it showed an attack on Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann in public.
Newschecker found that the claim is false and the video actually shows the crowd thrashing the president of Yuva Jatt Sabha in Jammu during a rally.
Multiple X and Facebook users shared the 42-second-long footage claiming to show “Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann thrashed by people.”
Screengrab from X post by @Mahaveer_VJ
Screengrab from Facebook post by @samier.amritwar
Screengrab from Facebook post by user Ajay Sharma
Fact Check: Newschecker team conducted reverse image search on the keyframes of the viral video, which led them to a Facebook post by @JKROZANANEWS, dated April 13, 2024. Displaying the viral footage, it stated that the President of Yuva Jatt Sabha, Amandeep Singh Boparai was attacked during a rally of the organisation in Jammu.
Screengrab from Facebook post by @JKROZANANEWS
A report by JK Channel featured a video showing visuals similar to the viral footage, and stated that Yuva Jat Sabha President Amandeep Singh Boparai was assaulted in Gol Gujral area of Jammu.
Newchecker also found a video by Boparai, live streamed on his official Facebook account, detailing the incident. He said that during the Jatt Day rally on April 13, 2024, some individuals attacked him.
Screengrab from Facebook post by Amandeep Singh Boparai
Boparai along with other members of Yuva Jatt Sabha held a protest over the attack on their rally, and claimed that it was Pakistan’s conspiracy.
Boparai also discussed the incident in an interview with Jammu Samvad. Newschecker reached out to the admin of Jammu Samvad who confirmed that the video shows an attack on Yuva Jatt Sabha President Amandeep Singh Boparai in Jammu’s Gol Gujral.
We could thus conclude that a video showing a mob assaulting Yuva Jatt Sabha President Amandeep Singh Boparai in Jammu has been falsely shared to show an attack on Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann.
Disclaimer: This article was first published in Newschecker and later rewritten and republished in Deccan Chronicle under Shakti Collective initiative.