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India Today found that this video shows a Muslim child named Ayaz Pathan, who was kidnapped and tortured by dacoits. The police have since rescued him.
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India Today Fact Check
The child in the video is Muslim and his name is Ayaz Pathan. He was kidnapped and tortured by dacoits before being rescued by the police in Pakistan.
A video of a crying child hanging by a chain tied around their neck has been widely shared with the claim that it showed the Pakistani army torturing Hindus.
An Instagram user shared the video with the caption, “Pakistani army is torturing Pakistani Hindu kids by tying them to iron chains and hanging them in the sun while the child cry in pain. People who shout about Islamophobia will never call put rampant Hinduphobia in Islam and Muslim communities. I have tears watching him cry like this.” Its archive can be seen here.
India Today Fact Check found that neither is the child seen in this video Hindu nor was he tortured by the Pakistan army. The clip shows a Muslim child named Ayaz Pathan, who was kidnapped and tortured by dacoits. The police have since rescued him.
Our Probe
Using a keyword search, we found a report in ARY News that featured a screenshot from the viral video. It said that the child in the video was Ayaz Pathan, who was kidnapped by dacoits Farid Mirani and Yakub Mirani. Twenty-six days after his abduction, the police reportedly rescued him.
Multiple news outlets reported this incident and all of them said the name of the child was Ayaz Pathan. After Ayaz’s abduction, many Pathans in Pakistan protested, alleging that the police were not making enough efforts to find him. A video report related to one such protest can be seen below.
Ayaz’s father Noorullah Khan told the Independent Urdu that when this happened, he was praying inside his home and his son was playing outside. All of a sudden, two armed men came and took his son away. In the evening, the kidnappers called him, threatening him that if he wanted his son alive, he had to pay a Rs 50 lakh ransom.
Per the report, the police registered an FIR on April 14. The report also said that Noorullah Khan originally hails from Quetta, but during the winter season, he moves to Kandhkot with his family for six months. He has three sons and one daughter.
Some news reports also published images of Ayaz after the police rescued him.
We sent the viral video to Bashir Ahmed Brohi, the SSP of Pakistan’s Kashmore district. He told India Today Fact Check: “The child who was abducted in this incident is Muslim. He was recovered by the police.” Islamabad-based journalist Sajid Mir also corroborated this.
Thus, it’s clear that the viral claim is false.
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