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  • A video showing several people beating a man is going viral to claim that it shows a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader named Rajesh Biju recently being thrashed outside his house in Tamil Nadu. What are users saying?: Those sharing the video have captioned it, "Tamil Nadu: BJP IT & Social Media Cell District Secretary* Rajesh Biju was brutally thrashed last evening in front of his house. Rajesh is undergoing treatment in Sri Chakra Hospital, Nanganallur, Chennai East." Are these claims true?: No, the viral video is old and lacks proper context about the incident. It dates back to July 2023, when a fight between two factions of the BJP took place in Nanganallur, Tamil Nadu. Hints in the viral video: A closer look at the viral video showed a timestamp on the top-right corner that indicated towards the clip being from 2023. News reports: We translated these words into Tamil "bjp secretary attacked chennai rajesh biju" and performed a keyword search on Google, which led us to a news report published by ETV Bharat. The report mentioned that BJP general secretary of Chennai East District S Subbiah allegedly assaulted the district's IT division secretary Rajesh. Subbiah had suspected that a video of him drinking alcohol that went viral on social media was shared by Rajesh. Rajesh had lodged a complaint at Palavanthangal police station about the incident. Other sources: We found the same visuals shared on the official YouTube channel of 'Malaimurasu Tv 24X7'. The bulletin was published on 1 August 2023 with a title that said, "BJP executive who attacked his own party member absconding BJP | Chennai." What did the police say?: Team WebQoof came across a post shared by the official X handle of Greater Chennai Police, where it was mentioned that the incident was from 31 July 2023. It said that the video showed a fight between two factions of a political party which happened due to a personal dispute. Conclusion: It is clear that the video is old and is being shared with a misleading context. (Not convinced of a post or information you came across online and want it verified? Send us the details on , or e-mail it to us at and we'll fact-check it for you. You can also read all our fact-checked stories .) (At The Quint, we question everything. Play an active role in shaping our journalism by becoming a member today.)
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