A video circulating on-line doesn’t present a member of India’s opposition Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) being attacked by an aide of the social gathering’s chief Arvind Kejriwal. A police spokesman mentioned it was filmed at a court docket household mediation centre earlier than parliament member Swati Maliwal alleged she was attacked.
“This was certain to occur, Swati Maliwal has been overwhelmed up,” learn a part of a submit on social media website X that shared the video of a gaggle of individuals scrapping.
It mentioned the clip was filmed on the official residence of Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi’s chief minister and head of India’s opposition Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP).
Maliwal — an AAP politician and former chair of the Delhi Fee for Ladies — accused Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav Kumar of assaulting her in Kejriwal’s residence on Might 13 (archived hyperlink).
Kumar has denied the allegation and mentioned it might have been “carried out on the behest” of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) because the nation held marathon normal elections (archived hyperlink).
AAP chief Kejriwal is a prime opponent of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and was ordered to return to jail as soon as voting ended over a long-running corruption probe.
The video was shared in comparable posts elsewhere on X and on Fb.
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Nonetheless, the video confirmed a scuffle between three girls and two males.
A reverse picture search on Google discovered comparable movies in Instagram posts right here and right here which mentioned it was filmed on the mediation centre at Delhi’s Tis Hazari District Courtroom (archived hyperlinks right here and right here).
The mediation centre handles instances starting from household disputes to insurance coverage claims referred by the courts (archived hyperlink).
Indian journalist Atul Krishnan posted the video on X on Might 12, a day earlier than the alleged assault on Maliwal (archived hyperlink).
A consultant for the Sabzi Mandi police station close to Tis Hazari Courtroom additionally refuted the declare.
The police officer informed AFP the incident occurred on Might 9, 2024 on the Tis Hazari Courtroom Household Mediation Centre and concerned two quarrelling households.
“It has nothing to do with the incident involving Swati Maliwal,” the officer mentioned.
AFP has debunked extra misinformation round India’s elections right here.
