Video of a person dragging an old woman and throwing her in front of a tractor at a field is being widely shared on social media as a recent incident and asks the users to share until the accused gets punished. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
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Claim: Recent visuals of a person dragging an old woman and throwing her in front of a tractor.
Fact: This incident took place on 21 June 2018 at Mungla village in Washim district of Maharashtra. A person named Kailas Dalvi pushed his mother (80) before the tractor being driven by another man with whom he had a land dispute in order to stop him from cultivating. Following this, there was a fight between the two groups. The police filed a case against 15 members of both the families. Kailas Dalvi has been charged under section 307 (Attempt to murder) r/w. 34 of the IPC. However, he was later granted bail on 24 August 2018. Hence the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
We searched the internet with relevant keywords and found news reports by ANI, ABP Marathi and Business Standard dated 23 June 2018.
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As per these reports, the incident took place on 21 June 2018 at Mungla village in Washim district of Maharashtra. Two neighbouring families, Rauts and Dalvis, fell out over a land dispute and the district court ruled in favour of the Rauts. This reportedly angered the Dalvis. Kailas Dalvi, a member of the Dalvi family, in order to stop the Rauts from tilling the disputed land, dragged and pushed his mother (80) in front of the tractor. Following this, there was a fight between two groups. The police filed a case against 15 members of both the families and arrested one person in connection with the incident. Investigation is underway. As per the court order, we came to know that the Kailas Dalvi has been charged under section 307 (Attempt to murder) r/w. 34 of the IPC (Act done by several persons in furtherance of common intention). However, on 24 august 2018, he has been granted anticipatory bail citing the following reasons:
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To sum it up, an old incident of a man throwing her mother in front of a tractor is being shared as recent one.