A social media post accompanying a video of police taking a man into custody is being widely circulated with a claim that the video shows the man who issued death threats to the Karnataka High Court Judges over the hijab verdict. Through this article let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of police taking custody of the man who issued death threats to the Karnataka High Court judges over hijab verdict.
Fact: These viral visuals are actually related to the arrest of a wanted criminal Amjad Lala by Madhya Pradesh police. Couple of news reports also reported the same visuals identifying the man as Amjad Lala. While it is true that Bengaluru police have arrested two men who issued death threats to the Karnataka High Court judges over the hijab verdict, the viral visuals do not show these arrests. Hence the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
Earlier, the Bengaluru police have taken custody of Jamal Mohammed Usmani and Kovai Rahmathullah, members of Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamath (TNTJ), an Islamic religious outfit for issuing death threats to the Karnataka High Court judges over the hijab verdict. News articles related to the arrest can be read here and here.
However, the visuals shared in the viral post do not show the arrest of the above-mentioned people. Reverse image search of the viral visuals yielded couple of recent news articles which reported the same visuals. As per one such article dated 15 March 2022, the visuals show Naya Abadi police in Madhya Pradesh taking custody of Amjad Lala, a serial offender, who was absconding for the last 6 years.
Another news article that reported the same visuals also identified the person as Amjad Lala and reported that he was taken into custody by the Naya Abadi police. Thus these clearly prove that the viral visuals are in no way related to the Karnataka Hijab row.
To sum it up, visuals of the arrest of a wanted criminal in Madhya Pradesh are passed off as police arresting the man who issued death threats to the judges of the hijab verdict.
