Men brutally slaughtered a cow over the BJP flag after the Congress’ win in the assembly elections in Karnataka.
Trigger Warning: The video contains disturbing visuals of animal cruelty.
The post can be seen here.
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Fact
A keyword search for “cow slaughter,” and “BJP flag” on Google led us to a tweet by @uncensoredlive, dated February 2, 2022. Carrying the brutal video of cow slaughter, the post stated that the incident happened in Manipur.
Multiple Twitter users had shared the video in 2022 to show “Muslim youths slaughtering a cow” over the BJP flag in Manipur. Such posts can be seen here, here and here.
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In the comment section of one such tweet by @azad_nishant, we found that the Twitter handle of Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh had shared a screengrab from Imphal Free Press’ report. It stated, “Three arrested for allegedly slaughtering cow over BJP candidates list.”
As per the report, “Three persons allegedly involved in the slaughtering of a cow, which video went viral in social media, were arrested by the Lilong police…” Adding, “In the viral video circulated in social media on Sunday evening, a cow was seen slaughtering by some individuals over a BJP flag laid on the ground, as a...
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