Madhya Pradesh Video Revived As Crackdown On Muslims Offering Namaz In UP

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BOOM had debunked the same video when it was circulating with a similar false claim in 2021. We reached out to a shop named S. Deen Tailors in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur city which can be noticed in the video and an employee named Irfan confirmed that Madhya Pradesh police lathicharged on worshippers following an Eid procession. An Indian Express report from October 20, 2021, mentioned that firecrackers and stones were hurled at police in Jabalpur on October 19, 2021, while devotees were gathering for prayers to mark Milad-un-Nabi. We also then reached out to Jabalpur SP Siddharth Bahuguna who confirmed the same about the video and informed that the police did the lathicharge because the crowd did not follow the route decided by the administration.