Fact Check

Old awareness video that spread as an acid attack happened to the woman who talked about EIA!

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Remember this girl? BJP’s Kalyanaraman asking for her address on Twitter, she was attacked with acid. No media report has been received regarding this incident.

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The video of the woman talking about the environmental impact assessment draft went viral on social media. Kalyan, a BJP supporter, who posted on his Twitter page asking for her cell phone number and address as the video of the woman went viral. The post also went viral on social media. The news that the woman who talked about EIA was intimidated went viral on social media.

Meanwhile, a video has gone viral on social media showing a woman being hit in the face with acid and also as a BJP supporter slapped her. Followers also asked us about its authenticity.

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Fact check

The woman who spoke about EIA has been using a YouTube channel and an Instagram page under the name “Chennai Tamizhachi”. The video that went viral that she was beaten with acid was a video released last year to raise awareness about the acid attack victims.

A specific part from a 2.24-minute video titled Awareness Video posted 43 weeks ago on the Instagram page of ‘Chennai Tamizhachi’ has gone viral on social media. The video has been released emphasizing the need for everyone to come forward to help people who have been subjected to acid attacks in public. It is noteworthy that this video has been shared on social media before.

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In our search, we came to know that the viral video of a woman talking about EIA was attacked by acid was a video released last year regarding awareness about the acid attack victims.

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