Pankaj Tripathi is the abuser. But social media users claim that he is a Muslim.

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Explanation

A video is being spread in social media by several users in Twitter and Facebook where they claim that a Hindu girl is being brutally beaten by a Muslim man and it has been claimed to be a case of Love Jihad with tags such as #MeraAbdulAisaNahiHai #LoveJihad #Hinduhas been shared. Some of these posts from both Twitter & Facebook platforms can be seen here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. The #MeraAbdulAisaNahiHai which translates as “My Abdul is not like that” has been more widely used since the murder of Shraddha Walker allegedly by Aftab Poonawalla.

What’s the truth?

We did a keyword search with the hashtags from the social media tweets in addition to generic terms which resulted in an article from “The Lallantop” which reported that the name of the abuser as Pankaj Tripathi. Upon further search, we found a tweet from ANI which reported that Pankaj Tripathi, 24, had beaten up his alleged girlfriend for asking him to marry her.

Madhya Pradesh | A man, Pankaj Tripathi, 24 was seen beating a woman on the road in Mauganj, Rewa after she asked him to marry her. The victim was lying unconscious on the road & was taken to hospital by police. As per police accused has been arrested & further probe is underway.

— ANI MP/CG/Rajasthan (@ANI_MP_CG_RJ) December 25, 2022

According to the report from ANI, SDOP Naveen Tiwari had given a statement that Pankaj Tripathi has been arrested following the complaint made by the victim by the Mauganj Police, Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh.

MP | On basis of FIR registered by victim in Mauganj PS, accused Pankaj Tripathi arrested for beating her following a dispute while they were going to his native place in Dhera. Victim was admitted to hospital. Accused was in a relationship with victim: Naveen Tiwari, SDOP Rewa pic.twitter.com/N3udQSwJSn

— ANI MP/CG/Rajasthan (@ANI_MP_CG_RJ) December 25, 2022

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan’s Official twitter handle had tweeted that the house of Pankaj Tripathi had been razed to the ground with a bulldozer, albeit without following the judicial process. The tweet also carried a warning that no one who commit atrocities against women in Madhya Pradesh will be spared.

रीवा जिले के मऊगंज क्षेत्र में युवती के साथ हुई बर्बरता की घटना में अपराधी पंकज त्रिपाठी को गिरफ्तार कर उसके घर पर बुलडोजर चलाया गया। ड्राइवर पंकज का लाइसेंस भी कैंसल कर दिया गया है।

मध्यप्रदेश की धरती पर महिलाओं पर अत्याचार करने वाला कोई बख्शा नहीं जायेगा। pic.twitter.com/Z4gHr2lWsk

— Office of Shivraj (@OfficeofSSC) December 25, 2022

There have been similar instances of unrelated incidents being blamed on Muslims before.

Read more:

• A murder by Prince Yadav is spread with an insinuation that it was committed by a Muslim.
• Teenage boy’s murder is being used to create communal tension between Hindus and Muslims.

Conclusion

A video of Pankaj Tripathi, a Hindu, brutally beating up his girlfriend for asking him to marry her is spread in social media with a totally false claim that the attacker was a Muslim.