Video of a man forced to lick spit in Surat is being shared with a communal narrative - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
June 2, 2020
A video of a man being slapped, doing sit-ups, and forced to lick spit on the vehicle’s bonnet is shared on social media claiming that a Muslim man is forced to lick a Hindu man’s spit to make him break his Ramzan fast in Surat. Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Video of a Muslim man being forced to lick a Hindu man’s spit to break his Ramzan fast in Surat.
Fact: The video shows an incident that took place in Surat on 6 April 2020 i.e. weeks before the Ramzan month had started this year. Also, both the victim and accused in the incident belong to the same religion. So, there is no communal angle to it. Hence the claim is FALSE.
When searched on YouTube with the keywords, it was found that the ‘TV9 Gujarati’ had telecasted a news item regarding the incident on 07 April 2020. As per this video, the incident took place at Surat and the man seen slapping was identified as Salman.
Further information regarding the incident can be found in the FIR filed over the incident. As per the report, the victim is Aslam Ansari and he stated that when he had gone out to buy medicines for his mother on 6 April 2020, two unknown youths had stopped him and the accused thrashed him and made him lick his spit. Both the victim and the accused belong to the same community (Muslims). So, there is no communal angle to the incident. Also, the same has been confirmed by the Police when other fact-checkers have contacted them.
To conclude, a video of a man forced to lick spit in Surat is being shared with a communal narrative.
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