Video of women brutally beaten is from MP not from UP

News Claim: A video is being shared, in which a woman is brutally beaten up by a group of people, it is claimed that the video is from UP. 

Viral News Today:  

News Verification: Ayupp Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found that that there are multiple videos being shared on social media. While there is a total of 3 videos being shared, are from Madhya Pradesh while the fourth video is a month-old incident from Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad.

TheQuint reported, “the incident happened on 28th June 2021, A 19-year-old tribal woman was dragged by her hair, tied to a tree, and brutally beaten up in Madhya Pradesh’s Alirajpur district for allegedly running away from her in-laws house.”

The visuals showed the victim's father, Kel Bhel, and her three cousins –Bhuwan Bhel, Karam Bhel and Dinesh Bhel – striking her with wooden sticks and saying, "Stop crying. Will you run away again?"

Moradabad police also tweeted on social media

 

News verdict:  true , but the video being shared is from Madhya Pradesh

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