Social media users have shared a report by an Indian news outlet that falsely claims Delhi police arrested a Muslim man for the fatal stabbing of a police officer on January 4, 2023 in the capital's Mayapuri district. The report has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times, while others shared a similar false claim that the arrested man was a "jihadi". According to Delhi police, the man charged with murder following the killing is Hindu, not Muslim.

Sudarshan News channel uploaded the video on its YouTube channel with 1.4 million followers on January 8, 2023.

The title reads: "Even police is unsafe in Delhi's Mayapuri, where jihadi stabbed policeman Shambhu Dayal to death."

The outlet also uploaded the report to its Twitter account, where it received more than 288,000 views.

The report came after Shambhu Dayal, an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) with Delhi police, was stabbed by a man that he arrested for snatching a mobile phone on January 4. Dayal died from his injuries four days after the incident.

According to Delhi police records shared with AFP, the man arrested and charged for the fatal stabbing is Anish Raj.

Police said the suspect has been charged with: murder; intention to kill a public servant; assaulting a public servant; voluntary obstruction of a public servant; and carrying prohibited arms.

However, Sudarshan News' report erroneously named the suspect "Mohammed Anis" and described him as a "jihadi". It published a similar report on its website in Hindi on...

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