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Police officer confronts mob in Haldwani.
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Video is of unrelated incident from Damoh, Madhya Pradesh.
Amid the violent clashes that broke out in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, on February 8, during the demolition of a madrasa and mosque in an anti-encroachment drive, resulting in the deaths of at least six, a video, purportedly from Haldwani, has gone viral showing a police officer standing his ground against an aggressive mob.
Newschecker found the claim to be untrue. The viral video is actually from a police station in Damoh, Madhya Pradesh, where a crowd was demanding action in a local dispute. Newschecker had already debunked the same video on February 6, 2024, when it went viral with the false claim that a Muslim mob attacked a police station and assaulted officers for taking action against cow smugglers. Damoh’s superintendent of police (SP) confirmed to us that there was no cow-slaughter or cow-smuggling angle to the viral claim. Read our full fact-check here.
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February 12, 2025
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