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.

नाई का नगला मोहल्ला जनपद हाथरस में जहां मिश्रित आबादी रहती है वहां मुसलमानों द्वारा हिन्दुओ के पवित्र स्थल मंदिर के आसपास माँस के लोथड़े फेंके गए है हिन्दुओ के मंदिरों के साथ ये व्यवहार आखिर कब तक ??@Banswal_IPS @dgpup @igrangeagra @digrangealigarh @Uppolice @myogiadityanath pic.twitter.com/xtplDOmzWl

— Navneet Gautam (@navnret) February 13, 2020

The video has been shared with the claim that Muslims threw pieces of meat near a Hindu temple.

देखो मुल्लों की करतूत जनपद हाथरस में मुसलमानों द्वारा हिन्दुओ के पवित्र स्थल मंदिर के आसपास माँस के हड्डी फेंके गए है।हिन्दुओ के मंदिरों के साथ ये व्यवहार आखिर कब तक ? @myogiadityanath ध्यान दें@Uppolice @dgpup 🙏 pic.twitter.com/XbdQLkxYxO

— रुद्रांश भाई दिल्ली वाले🇮🇳वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम् (@SMES_Edu_India) February 15, 2020

नाई का नगला मोहल्ला जनपद हाथरस में जहां मिश्रित आबादी रहती है वहां मुसलमानों द्वाराहिन्दुओ के पवित्र स्थल मंदिर के आसपास माँस के लोथड़े फेंके गए है हिन्दुओ के मंदिरों के साथ ये व्यवहार आखिर कब तकयूपी @Banswal_IPS @dgpup @igrangeagra @digrangealigarhका जी बहुत बहुत धन्यवाद 🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/C0uHpnBXGf

— 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 ‘मंदिर के पास मास के टुकड़े मिलने से लोगों में गुस्सा, अधिकारियों में खलबली 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 – कृपया सूचनार्थ एवं तत्काल आवश्यक कार्यवाही हेतु।

— 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 पुलिस द्वारा उक्त खबर का खंडन किया जाता है। pic.twitter.com/Ov0O0thAKe

— 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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