Pakistani Man got his beard and eyebrows shaved for molesting minors; Video Viral in India
A video has been taking rounds on social media for a couple of days now. It’s a video of a man surrounded by a crowd, getting his facial hair and eyebrows shaved. The video is being circulated with a claim that the Maulvi was caught by the locals and he was accused of raping a 5-Year-old. Following is the claim in Hindi — “मौलवी को पांच साल की बच्ची के साथ बलात्कार करते पकड़ा गया। पड़ोसीयो ने इसकी दाढ़ी और भौंहें मुंड़वा दी हैं.”
Facebook user Ashish Mehta who identifies as a member of BJP social media team shared the video, gathering close to 7 lakh views and 16,000 shares (archive).
The same video was shared on twitter as well.
मौलवी को पांच साल की बच्ची के साथ बलात्कार करते पकड़ा गया। पड़ोसीयो ने इसकी दाढ़ी और भौंहें मुंड़वा दी हैं pic.twitter.com/oWB0FM8dU9
— Akash GOYAL 100% FB (Stay Home🏡 Stay Safe🙋♂) (@Real__Akash) May 21, 2020
मौलवी को पांच साल की बच्ची के साथ बलात्कार करते पकड़ा गया। पड़ोसीयो ने इसकी दाढ़ी और भौंहें मुंड़वा दी हैं pic.twitter.com/FttFmIIMn1
— 🇮🇳 विवेक पाण्डेय राष्ट्रवादी🇮🇳 ⚔अध्यक्ष RHMS⚔ (@Official_vivek9) May 22, 2020
Many people commented on the video and expressed a desire for harsher punishment.
Truth
This video was posted by Ahmad Waqass Goraya, a Pakistani activist and blogger in forced exile. Goraya tweeted the video on 21st May with the same claim in Urdu language.
He had also retweeted the same video tweeted by Tribal News Network, a platform that provides news from tribal areas of Pakistan. It claimed that the incident occurred in Lahore. Another Journalist Sarfraz Ali, also posted the same video on his twitter account.
An enraged mob shaved beard and eyebrows of a man was caught red handed while molesting a five year old girl in Lahore. pic.twitter.com/psSKeqpM11
— Tribal News Network (@TNNEnglish) May 21, 2020
پانچ سالہ بچی سے زیادتی کے ملزم کو صرف داڑھی اور مونچھیں مونڈ کر چھوڑ دینا کہاں کا انصاف ہے، اس بڑے جرم میں یہ سارے محلے والے بھی شامل ہیں۔ آئی جی پنجاب کو نوٹس لے کر ان سب کے خلاف ایف آئی آر درج کرنی چاہیے. @SHABAZGIL @MianDawood @ChShoaibSaleem pic.twitter.com/ZTTORuQVZQ
— Sarfraz Ali (@ItsSarfrazAli) May 21, 2020
On further investigation we found out that the viral video is not from India, but rather it is from Pakistan. As we went through the comments section below twitter and facebook posts shared by Indians, we found the same fact being highlighted again and again.
