A video allegedly showing a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MLA beating up a policeman has been widely shared. On Facebook, the video was captioned, “Tamil Nadu state DMK MLA Mansoor Mohammed beat up a police inspector on duty. advertisementRead MoreIndia Today Fact Check found that the video is from 2018 and the man beating up the cop is a Bharatiya Janata Party councillor from Meerut in Uttar Pradesh. The BJP councillor was arrested by the UP police after the video surfaced online but was soon granted bail. It’s noteworthy that some news reports have called the leader "Munish Chaudhary" while others called him “Manish Kumar.”In 2019, a video went viral about a Congress MLA beating up a cop.

Source: India Today February 19, 2024 14:41 UTC