Fact test: the old image of the woman being assaulted goes viral on the ‘Beti Bachao’ campaign

Fact test: the old image of the woman being assaulted goes viral on the ‘Beti Bachao’ campaign

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A set of two photos showing a woman bleeding from the head and surrounded by policemen went viral, claiming it was the true face of the Narendra Modi government’s ‘Beti Bachao’ campaign. This 2016 photo is from Mainpuri in Uttar Pradesh when the state was under the Samajwadi Party government.

This 2016 picture is from Mainpuri in Uttar Pradesh. The woman and her husband were assaulted when she challenged her molesters.

A set of two photos showing a woman bleeding from the head and surrounded by policemen went viral, claiming it was the true face of the Narendra Modi government’s ‘Beti Bachao’ campaign. A child can also be seen crying next to the woman.

Several Facebook users shared the photos with a Hindi caption translating to: “This is the Modi government’s Beti Bachao. Share it so much that punishment is given.”

India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) found the allegation misleading. This 2016 photo comes from Mainpuri in Uttar Pradesh when the state was under the Samajwadi Party government. The woman and her husband were assaulted when she challenged her molesters.

Old picture reappears

Using reverse image search, we found several media reports about 2016 about this incident, along with the same picture.

The disturbing video of the incident is also available in some mainstream media reports.

According to these news reports, the woman and her husband were assaulted in the Mainpuri district of Uttar Pradesh after they were opposed to the lewd comments by a group of men. Some reports claim that she was touched in public and beaten by the accused when she resisted them.

According to the news agency ANI, the police acted and arrested one of the culprits.

PM Modi’s “Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao” awareness campaign for girls’ well-being was launched in 2015. In 2016, when this incident took place, the Samajwadi Party was in power in Uttar Pradesh. It was in March 2017 that the BJP came to power in Uttar Pradesh and Yogi Adityanath became Prime Minister.

Earlier, the same image was falsely used to direct the police in Uttar Pradesh under the Yogi regime, which was downplayed by some fact checkers.

ClaimThis photo of a woman bleeding from the head is the true face of the Modi government’s “Beti Bachao” campaign. ClosureThis 2016 picture comes from Mainpuri in Uttar Pradesh when the state was under the Samajwadi Party government. The woman and her husband were assaulted when she challenged her molesters.

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The number of crows determines the intensity of the lie.

  • 1 Crow: Half true
  • 2 crows: mostly lies
  • 3 crows: absolutely false

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