A video from Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh of police parading three men accused of vandalism is being shared on social media with the false and communal claim that the three are Muslims arrested for eve-teasing girls.
BOOM found that this video is from April 2026 when Ujjain Police arrested the accused for vandalising several cars and homes.
The Claim:
The 37 seconds video is being shared identifying the three accused being paraded as Mohammad Arif, Ashraf Ali, and Asif Khan, alleging that they were eve-teasing school girls.
The video was also viral in April 2026 with the same false claim.
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What We Found:
1) Video from Ujjain Vandalism Arrests
We ran a reserve image search and found a Dainik Bhaskar news report with the visuals matching the viral video. The report states that on the night of April 16, 2026, a group of miscreants pelted stones and bricks at cars and several homes in Bafna Park Colony in Ujjain. An argument broke out between the car wash store owner, Sheran Ali, and the miscreants after he refused to wash their cars as it was late at night. The police arrested the accused on April 17, 2026, and paraded three of them, after which the video surfaced.
2) FIR Details
We also checked the FIR registered at the Chimanganj Mandi Police Station available on the Madhya Pradesh Police Portal. The accused named in the FIR are Kishan Ahirwar, Vikas Saroliya, Vishal Saroliya, Rishi Mishra, and Sahil Gurjar.
