Video Of Lawyers Assaulting Woman In Pakistan Revived With False Claim

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BOOM debunked the same video in 2019 when it went viral with a similar false claim. We ran a reverse image search using keyframes from the video and found several articles about the incident published by mainstream media outlets in Pakistan, India, and globally. A report by Geo TV confirmed the incident through an official from Shakargarh police. The altercation reportedly took place after a dispute between lawyers and Amrat, the woman who had come to attend a court hearing. Amrat, a resident of Shahpur Bhanguk, alleged that the lawyers misbehaved with her, while the lawyers claimed she attacked them. An FIR shared by a BBC Urdu correspondent from Pakistan identified the woman as Amrat Shahzadi. According to the FIR, three lawyers—Yasir Khan, Wasim Lateef, and Asif Sultan—dragged Amrat Shahzadi, daughter of Mohammed Sulaiman, of the Ansari caste, in the court compound and assaulted her and her cousin Abdul Qayyum. While the exact cause of the brawl remains unclear, a local report on the incident can be read here.