Video showing an MLA attacking a district collector is old

May 9, 2020 Aishwarya Varma

Spread the truth:

A video showing a physical altercation between an MLA and a district collector is being widely shared on social media.

Claim: “बिहार में भाजपा MLA का गुंडागर्दी जिला कलेक्टर के साथ कर रहे हैं मारपीट”

(Translation: BJP MLA from Bihar being a hooligan, he’s fighting with a District Collector.)

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This video, shared by Shameless Era, was widely shared and viewed.

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ये देखिए बिहार में बीजेपी के विधायक जी डीएम साहब को सड़क पर पीटने लगे, दादागिरी देखिए pic.twitter.com/xcCcuGAWPL

— Navin Kumar Sharma (@sharmanavin70) May 7, 2020

Bihar BJP MLA
Vs
Collector
ಬಿಜೆಪಿಯ ನಿಜವಾದ ಬಣ್ಣ ಒಬ್ಬ ಸರ್ಕಾರಿ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿ ಮೇಲೆ ಇವರ ದರ್ಪ ದೌರ್ಜನ್ಯ ಇವರನ್ನು ಕೇಳುವವರೇ ಯಾರು ಇಲ್ವಾ..ಇವನೊಬ್ಬ MLA ಇದೊಂದು ಕಚಡಾ ಪಕ್ಷ ಆ ಪಕ್ಷಕೊಬ್ಬ ಹೆಂಡತಿಯನ್ನು ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಸ್ವಂತ ವಾರಸುದಾರನಿಲ್ಲದ ಬೆಕೋಫ ನಾಯಕ ಥೂ ಇವ್ರ ಜನ್ಮಕ್ಕೆ @arpriyagowda @Kanagalogy @vishwassap7 pic.twitter.com/F2e6eCS1iE

— AC Venkatesh (@ACVenkatesh5) May 7, 2020

Truth

Using video verification tool InVid, the video was segmented into different image frames. Using a reverse image search on these images returned results from January 2018. The search also helped identify the people in the video, via news reports.

The BJP MLA was identified as Rajdhani Yadav, who attacked Pilbius Barla, the District Transport Officer of Latehar, Jharkhand. The scuffle broke out after Barla removed the name and designation plate on Yadav’s car, who attacked Barla after asking why he was not served a notice prior, as audible in the video.