Fact check
A video of a girl is going viral on social media, in which she is seen crying and pleading. In the video, she is saying that ‘my father shot.’ Many people say that this video is from Hathras in Uttar Pradesh, where the father has been killed and brutally murdered after complaining of molestation of the daughter. People are sharing this video and questioning the law and order of UP. It is writing that these are the condition of safety of daughters in the double engine government of UP. With the video, CM Yogi Adityanath is being appealed to take strict action in this matter.
What was the claim?
This on social media handle x Video While sharing, a user wrote, “A heartbreaking incident has happened in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, in which a father has been brutally murdered by roasting him with bullets on complaints of his daughter’s tampering.” This incident raises serious questions about the safety of daughters in Uttar Pradesh. Condemning the incident, we hope that the police and the government will take strict action in the matter and the killers will get the hardest punishment. We express our deep condolences to the bereaved families and hope that they will get justice as soon as possible. It is necessary to share this incident as much as possible so that this family can get justice and awareness can be spread in the society.
Fact check
However, when India TV checked the fact of this claim, this claim has proved to be completely fake. The fact check revealed that this video is 4 years old.
India TV investigated
This video is becoming very fast on social media, so we decided to investigate this claim. With the help of the concerned keyword in the claim, we published Amar Ujala on 2 March 2021 after searching Google. Report Found. According to the report, this incident is from Hathras in Uttar Pradesh. The whole case is about the murder of the farmer who was killed by the accused for not taking the case of molestation of the daughter. In fact, in the year 2018, a farmer father accused a young man named Gaurav Sharma of molesting a daughter in village Najarpur in Sasni area of Hathras. After this complaint, the police registered a case against Gaurav and arrested him. After this he was in jail for 15 days.
After being released on bail, Gaurav was often coming to the deceased farmer’s house and asking him to withdraw the case of molestation. However, he was not afraid of his threats. On Monday, the farmer who was digging potatoes in the field was shot dead in broad daylight. The daughter of the deceased gave a complaint against six people, including four nominees, on the basis of which the police have arrested two accused.
There is one of Dainik Bhaskar Report According to the court in Hathras convicted Gaurav Sharma in this murder case and sentenced him to life imprisonment.
What came out in the fact check?
The investigation found the claim wrong with viral video. India TV’s fact check found that the father’s murder case is about 4 years old after complaining of molestation of the daughter. In this case, the court sentenced the culprits to life imprisonment. This video is being shared with fake claims, so people are advised to be careful with any such fake posts.