A video showing what appears to be pieces of meat being purportedly thrown near a Hindu temple with dogs loitering around it in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh has been doing the rounds in social media.
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â Navneet Gautam (@navnret) February 13, 2020
The video has been shared with the claim that Muslims threw pieces of meat near a Hindu temple.
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â Danvir Singh (@DanvirS92636301) February 14, 2020
The video was viewed over 38,000 times and has been retweeted over 2000 times. Dainik Jagaran, a popular daily in Uttar Pradesh too reported the matter with the same claim in their article titled ‘मà¤à¤¦à¤¿à¤° à¤à¥ पास मास à¤à¥ à¤à¥à¤à¤¡à¤¼à¥ मिलनॠसॠलà¥à¤à¥à¤ मà¥à¤ à¤à¥à¤¸à¥à¤¸à¤¾, ठधिà¤à¤¾à¤°à¤¿à¤¯à¥à¤ मà¥à¤ à¤à¤²à¤¬à¤²à¥ Hathras News (Public angry after meat pieces were found near temple) which was published on Friday, 14 February.
Claim:
Muslims threw pieces of meat near a Hindu temple.
Fact Check:
After the video went viral, UP Police, in a tweet, tagged the HATHRAS POLICE and asked them to immediately look into the matter.
@hathraspolice – à¤à¥à¤ªà¤¯à¤¾ सà¥à¤à¤¨à¤¾à¤°à¥à¤¥ à¤à¤µà¤ ततà¥à¤à¤¾à¤² à¤à¤µà¤¶à¥à¤¯à¤ à¤à¤¾à¤°à¥à¤¯à¤µà¤¾à¤¹à¥ हà¥à¤¤à¥à¥¤
â UP POLICE (@Uppolice) February 13, 2020
In response to this request, the Hathras Police released a statement stating that the things lying on the ground are not pieces of meat but feathers of a rooster and other waste material that were thrown by a shopkeeper into a dustbin.
The statement further said that the waste material was later pulled out of the dustbin by dogs.
हाथरस पà¥à¤²à¤¿à¤¸ दà¥à¤µà¤¾à¤°à¤¾ à¤à¤à¥à¤¤ à¤à¤¬à¤° à¤à¤¾ à¤à¤à¤¡à¤¨ à¤à¤¿à¤¯à¤¾ à¤à¤¾à¤¤à¤¾ हà¥à¥¤ pic.twitter.com/Ov0O0thAKe
â HATHRAS POLICE (@hathraspolice) February 13, 2020
The video too clearly shows heaps of garbage lying on the ground at exactly 0:22 second timestamp.
From the police clarification, it is clear that the video is being circulated with a false claim. Adding a communal twist to ordinary events is gradually becoming a trend for the fake news perpetrators.
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