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This video of youngsters assaulting a temple priest is from Haryana, not from Gujarat

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A video is being shared on social media claiming that a Gujarat temple priest is being assaulted by youngsters on allegations of misbehaviour with a girl. In the video, we could see the visuals of a person being assaulted with a cricket bat. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.

The archived version of the post can be seen here.    

Claim: Youngsters assaulting a temple priest in Gujarat.

Fact:  The incident of assault took place at Dhabi Kalan village in Haryana, not in Gujarat. A temple priest was assaulted by youngsters of Dhabi Kalan village, on the allegations of indecent conversations with a girl in the village. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.

On reverse image search of screenshots in the video, similar visuals were found in an article published by ‘Punjab Kesari’ news website on ‘03 November 2020’. In the article, it is mentioned that a temple priest was assaulted by youngsters on allegations of indecent conversations with a girl in the village. This incident took place at Dhabi Kalan village of Fatehabad in Haryana. Reporting the same incident, few other news websites also published news stories. They can be read here and here.

Fatehabad police arrested the youngsters who were involved in this attack on temple priest. FIR lodged against the accused can be seen here.

To sum it up, this video of youngsters assaulting a temple priest is from Haryana, not from Gujarat.

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