A video is doing the rounds on social media that claims BJP MLA from Hamirpur in Himachal Pradesh was beaten up by two women with shoes at a ceremony.
BJP विधायक का क्या लाजवाब स्वागत कि है इस महिला ने , ऐसी महिलाओं के लिए 👏👏👏 pic.twitter.com/ysXEGiLelF
— Md.Sher Ali (@MdSherAli123) September 23, 2019
The caption with the video read: ”BJP vidhayak ka swagat juton se kiya gaya, Hamirpur main aur karo jumlebaji.”
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ये हिमांचल प्रदेश में भाजपा के विधायक जी का कोई स्वागत कार्यक्रम बताया जा रहा हैं! हम इस विडीओ की सत्यता की पुष्टि करने के लिये इसे डाल रहे हैं. क्या ये सत्य घटना हैं? pic.twitter.com/UMTj1zCIXQ
— Surendra Rajput (@ssrajputINC) September 24, 2019
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above viral video and found the claim attached to it to be FAKE.
We searched for news using the keywords such as: ‘Himachal Pradesh Parivahan Union leader slapped’ and found that the incident was widely covered by vernacular media.
We then found media reports from June 2018. In an article published by Amar Ujala, the photo used matches a still from the viral video.
Amar Ujala identified the man as Shankar Singh Thakur, state president of Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) union who was attacked by two female trainee conductors while attending a union meeting in Hamirpur on June 23, 2018.
Hence, the above information proves that claim attached to the viral video is False.
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