As COVID-19 cases are increasing in Telangana, the State government has imposed a night curfew (9 PM to 5 AM) from 20 April 2021 to 30 April 2021 (till 5 AM, 01 May 2021). In this context, few videos are being shared widely on social media with a claim that they show the police beating citizens for coming out during the latest night curfew in Telangana. Let’s fact-check the claim made in the posts.
Claim: Videos of police beating citizens for coming out during the latest night curfew in Telangana.
Fact: The videos in these posts are old. The same videos are being shared on social media at least since March 2020. They are not related to the latest night curfew in Telangana. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When we searched with a few relevant keywords and using a time filter, the video was found to be uploaded by a user back in March 2020. So, the video is old and not related to the latest night curfew in Telangana.
When the screenshots of the video were run through Google Reverse Image Search, the same video was found to be posted by ‘Sach News’ YouTube channel in March 2020. So, this video is also old.
This video was also found to be uploaded by a Facebook user in March 2020. While we could not independently verify the exact locations of the posted videos, it can be concluded that the videos are not related to the latest night curfew in Telangana as they are old videos.
To sum it up, old videos are being shared as visuals of police beating citizens for coming out during the latest night curfew in Telangana.
