A video is going viral on social media. In the video, an angry crowd is seen beating a man. It is being claimed that the man being beaten is a Muslim and he had urinated on the banner of Maha Kumbh in Rae Bareli which had pictures of Hindu deities. Verified X user Deepak Sharma wrote in his tweet – Muslim youth was urinating on the pictures of Hindu deities… The incident is from Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh where a Muslim Shabaz, who prays five times a day, was roaming around and urinating on the pictures of deities. When the public saw him, he was first treated and later handed over to the UP police for operation. (Archived tweet) See screenshot: A similar tweet was made by a Sanatani Hindu X user named Rakesh. See screenshot: What is the truth of the viral video? During investigation, we found a report related to this incident in ‘The Free Press Journal’. In this report published on 11th January, it was told that this incident happened in Bachhrawan town of Raebareli, where a young man urinated on the banner of Mahakumbh, after which people present nearby beat him up. Police later took the young man into custody. (Archive link of the article) See screenshot: During investigation, we also found a tweet from Raebareli police. In the tweet, it was told that this incident happened on 10th January, the name of this young man is Vinod and he was urinating near the wall in an inebriated condition, unaware of the Kumbh banner. Police has also denied any communal angle behind this incident. See tweet:
