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India Today Fact Check found that while the video is from Bihar's Motihari, and the people who attacked the police were Hindus, not Muslims.
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India Today Fact Check
This is a recent video from Bihar’s Motihari. But the cops were attacked by family and friends of the accused, who are Hindus, not Muslims.
A video reportedly from Bihar’s Motihari district showing a group of people beating a police squad with batons has gone viral. Those sharing the clip claimed Muslims attacked cops when they tried to arrest a person accused of kidnapping.
One such post reads: "Just let the numbers increase, then see brotherhood. In Motihari, Bihar, the group of peaceful Molla community attacked the police team that had gone to arrest the kidnapping accused. Two policemen suffered serious head injuries. They tried to snatch the pistol also."
India Today Fact Check found that while the video is from Bihar’s Motihari, the people who attacked the police were Hindus, not Muslims.
Our Probe
Upon reverse-searching the keyframes of the video, we found several news reports about the incident. According to a Hindustan Times report from November 1, the Motihari police were investigating the alleged abduction of two cousins in an area under the district’s Paharpur police station.
The police reportedly rescued one of the girls from Bettiah, and based on her input, visited Sareya Lipani village to rescue the second girl. There, the police team was attacked by the family members of the accused, along with several others. One of the arrested accused named in the report was Anita Devi.
A Dainik Bhaskar report said the police arrested one accused in the village. This angered his family members, who then launched an attack on the officials. Two policemen were seriously injured in the assault.
The Motihari police also released a statement about the incident on November 1, naming Anita Devi and Shambhu Prasad as the accused.
India Today Fact Check reached out to DSP Ranjan Kumar of Motihari. The officer told us that the villagers who attacked the police were not Muslim but from the Mahto community. He clarified that they were Hindu. As per Ranjan Kumar, the police arrested five people in the case and were on the lookout for other suspects.
This proves that there is no communal angle in this case.
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