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Old photos from Yemen are falsely shared as images of a Dalit boy beaten in Rajasthan for touching a drinking water pot.

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A collage (here, here, and here) of two photos allegedly featuring a Dalit boy who was beaten for touching a drinking water pot (touching a water tap) in Rajasthan is being shared on social media. In the collage, we can see red bruise marks on the boy’s body. A few (here and here) of these posts also share a news report published by India TV to back this claim. We will fact-check this claim through this article. An archived version of this post …

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Old photos from Yemen are falsely shared as images of a Dalit boy beaten in Rajasthan for touching a drinking water pot.

A collage (here, here, and here) of two photos allegedly featuring a Dalit boy who was beaten for touching a drinking water pot (touching a water tap) in Rajasthan is being shared on social media. In the collage, we can see red bruise marks on the boy’s body. A few (here and here) of these posts also share a news report published by India TV to back this claim. We will fact-check this claim through this article. An archived version of this post …

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Old, Unrelated Images From Yemen Linked to Dalit Man’s Assault in Rajasthan

A post showing pictures of a person with deep whip-like scars on his back and legs is being shared on social media. The post accompanies a screenshot of a news report by Hindi news channel India TV, headlined, "When a Dalit youth touched a water pot, the brick kiln owner beat him with a belt and left him half dead, demanded Rs 1.5 lakh from his family." (translated from Hindi)The claim: The provided text states that a Dalit youth suffered severe…

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