Video from Pakistan shared as Hindu home attacked in India's Hyderabad
The Verdict [Misleading]
The video dates back to 2022 and was captured in Pakistan’s Hyderabad city, not in Telangana, India.
What is the claim?
Social media users are sharing a video of a mob trying to climb the sides of a building, claiming that it shows people trying to forcefully enter Hindu homes in the southern Indian state of Telangana.
A Facebook user (archived here) shared this clip with a Hindi caption roughly translating to: “This scene is not from Afghanistan or Pakistan but from Telangana." "who are forcibly entering the houses of Hindus with the slogan 'separate head and body'. Protect yourself, otherwise the situation will become like Kashmir. No leader, organization, media will come to save you just like no one went to save Hindus in Kashmir (sic),” the caption added.
Archived versions of similar posts shared on Facebook can be viewed here, here, and here.
The video has also surfaced on X with similar claims, with links to those posts available here and here.
Screenshot of viral posts circulating on social media. (Source: X/Facebook/Screenshot/Modified by Logically Facts)
However, we found that the video dates back to 2022 and was recorded in Pakistan, not India.
What did we find?
A reverse image search of the viral clip led us to a YouTube video (archived here) uploaded by Hindustan Times on August 22, 2022. In the video, we can observe similar visuals from a slightly different angle. According to the video's description, it shows a violent mob in Pakistan's Hyderabad chasing a Hindu sanitation worker, Ashok Kumar, attempting to lynch him over alleged blasphemy.
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Pakistani journalist Naila Inayat also shared the now-viral clip (archived here) on August 22, 2022, stating that it was captured in Pakistan’s Hyderabad when a mob gathered outside the residence of a Hindu man accused of blasphemy.
Furthermore, a Google search led us to multiple news reports from Pakistani media outlets, including Dawn and The Express Tribune, which reported that Hyderabad police arrested a sanitation worker named Ashok Kumar for allegedly desecrating the Quran.
Dawn stated that the complainant, Bilal, found the sanitation worker with burnt pages of the Quran at Rabi Plaza and handed him over to the police. It added that following the news spread, an angry mob tried to break into the building to get hold of the man. The Express Tribune quoted Hyderbad SSP Amjad Ahmed Shaikh, who stated, “The sentiments of all Muslims are hurt, but it shouldn’t mean that we harm the innocent people.”
Several Indian media outlets, including The Indian Express and ANI, also reported on the incident in 2022, confirming that it happened in Pakistan’s Hyderabad, not in Hyderabad, India.
Additionally, multiple videos from the incident were shared on Instagram (archived here) by an account named ‘pakistanihindu’ on August 22, 2022. One of the videos shows a shop called “Al Waheed Fabrics” against a blue background, which, upon conducting a Google Maps search, confirmed the existence of the same shop in Pakistan’s Hyderabad. This further proves that the video is not from India.
The verdict
A video of a mob attempting to break into a home in Pakistan’s Hyderabad is now viral as an incident from Hyderabad in Telangana, India.
(This story was originally published by logicallyfacts.com, and republished by english.varthabharati.in as part of the Shakti Collective)
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11-year-old dies by suicide after sexual assault in Bareilly; accused arrested
Bareilly (UP) (PTI): A 26-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl, who later died by suicide due to trauma, police said on Wednesday.
The post-mortem report confirmed sexual assault and multiple injuries on the minor's body, including bite marks and nail scratches. The cause of death was found to be hanging, they said.
According to ASP (South) Anshika Verma, the incident came to light on 27 April, when the girl, a Class 8 student, was found hanging at her home in Deoria Abdullaganj village under the Mirganj police station area. Initially, the family reported the death as suicide and was reluctant to pursue police action.
"The autopsy report changed the course of the investigation. It confirmed sexual assault and noted severe physical trauma. The cause of death was confirmed as hanging," Verma said.
A breakthrough in the case came from the statement of the victim's younger sister, who told police that the accused, Zeeshan (26), a resident of the same village, frequently loitered near the minor's school and allegedly gave her small sums of money to keep his interactions with her a secret, she said.
Police said that on the day of the incident, the accused allegedly lured the minor and assaulted her. Distressed by the incident, the child later took her own life while her mother was away, police said.
"Based on technical surveillance, CCTV footage, and statements from the family, we established Zeeshan's involvement. He was arrested near the Mirganj weekly market on Tuesday," they said.
(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is available on the state’s health helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416.)
