1-year-old video shared ‘again’ with a false claim to show the power of Yogi’s UP Police.

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Explanation

A video is being shared on social media by many users that Uttar Pradesh Police had arrested the person who pinned down the cow forcefully and beat him up.

Supporters of Yogi Adityanath and the BJP share this video and rejoice that justice has been served. Similar claims can be seen here, here, here and here.

What’s the truth?

We searched for the origins of the video in which the Police beat up a person and found out that the video is from Mathela village under Chandauli Police jurisdiction.

This video was shot in May 2021 when three minors were caught for allegedly stealing mobile phones in a local shop and were beaten up inhumanely by the local police. This has been covered in some Hindi news outlets which can be seen here and here.

Following this, the officers involved in beating up of the minors were suspended and the Chandauli Police has posted a statement regarding this issue.

दुकान के अन्दर चोरी करते पकड़े गए बालकों के साथ अमानवीय व्यवहार करने पर चौकी प्रभारी व मुख्य आरक्षी को किया गया निलम्बित,अ०पु०अ० को दी गयी जांच, जांचोपरांत गुण-दोष के आधार पर की जाएगी वैधानिक कार्यवाही,#SP_Cdi अमित कुमार का वक्तव्य 👇#UPPolice@Uppolice @dgpup @adgzonevaranasi https://t.co/oXqmLsX5hz pic.twitter.com/me3SRUtMet

— Chandauli Police (@chandaulipolice) May 2, 2021

This video was already used in March 2022 for a different claim. This video was shared virally in March 2022 by many BJP and Yogi Adityanath supporters claiming that a man who raised Pro-Pakistan slogan is caught by the Police and ‘dealt’ accordingly.

अपने एक वोट की कीमत देखिए.!
उत्तर प्रदेश में..🚩🇮🇳
पाकिस्तान जिंदाबाद के नारे लगाने के बाद
यूपी पुलिस सबक सिखाते हुऐ.!👍💪
पूरे देश में योगीजी जैसी सरकार हो.?
जयहिंद..जयभारत.!🙏🙏 pic.twitter.com/mFMXhoMlwV

— राजन एम.पंचाल 🚩🇮🇳 (@RajanPa10325564) March 20, 2022

Chandauli Police had already clarified about this in March 2022 that this video was 1 year old then and this video is being misused by some to instigate communal tenstions.

प्रकरण एक वर्ष से अधिक पुराना है जिसमें बच्चे के साथ किए गए अमानवीय व्यवहार के कारण तत्समय दोनों पुलिसकर्मियों को निलंबित करते हुए विभागीय कार्रवाई की जा चुकी है। कृपया पूर्ण तथ्य एवं स्पष्ट जानकारी के बिना किसी चीज़ को प्रसारित करने से बचें।@UPPViralCheck https://t.co/7Tx0ncnOOg pic.twitter.com/CointCNYZY

— Chandauli Police (@chandaulipolice) March 20, 2022

Even the videos of a man pinning down a cow and the purported ‘UP Police’ action were shared in social media as early as March 2022. So that is not a recent rumor either.

This video was posted on Facebook and Instagram.
Need IP adress of the person who posted the video so tht v can catch hold of this culprit killer and v can also find out where is the cow so tht v can get her adopted in a Gaushala.@Uppolice @DelhiPolice @MPPoliceOnline @emoibabu pic.twitter.com/jSORjYzVUw

— Adv.Vivekanand Gupta (@vivekanandg) March 27, 2022

Salute to @Uppolice and @myogiadityanath #zerotoleranceforanimalcruelty PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THE CONSEQUENCES FOR ANIMAL CRUELTY. JFYI this man was resisting arrest and needed to be handled. His video of ABSOLUTE BARBARISM with an innocent cow went viral. pic.twitter.com/PPLs6BTRUu

— Kamna Pandey 🌱 (@PandeyKamna) March 30, 2022

Now, the same video had been used to share that the man who pinned down a cow in a viral video had been arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police and beaten up. However, this is not true as the incident took place in Mathela over an alleged phone theft. We were not able to confirm the origin of the video in which a man is pinning down a cow.

Conclusion

Two unrelated videos are shared in social media with a claim that the person who pinned down a cow had been taken ‘care’ by the UP Police. The video of a person getting beaten up is more than a year old, and it is form Mathela village where 3 minors were arrested for allegedly stealing mobile phones in a shop. The claim is fake as these are unrelated videos.