Pakistan’s prime minister Imran Khan tweeted a video claiming that it was atrocity against the Muslim population in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Only to be rebutted by the UP Police by showing it to be an old video from Bangladesh.
Imran Khan made a series of tweets on the matter but within minutes, social media users pointed out it was a seven-year-old video from Bangladesh.
The video shows actions initiated by Bangladeshi police force against members of Hafzat-e-Islam, an Islamist advocacy group. The video was posted on YouTube on September 10, 2013.
This is not from U.P, but from a May,2013 incident in Dhaka,Bangladesh.The RAB(Rapid Action Battalion) written on the vests at 0:21s, 1:27s or the Bengali spoken, or these links would help you be better informed.
1. https://t.co/Rp3kcKHz2K
2.https://t.co/zf7qk9bY7M@UPPViralCheck https://t.co/4krjmD38PK— UP POLICE (@Uppolice) January 3, 2020
The UP Police too tweeted that the uniform of the security forces have RAB written on them which means Rapid Action Bangladesh, and people were speaking Bengali in the video.
The latest is that Imran Khan was forced to delete the video.
