A disturbing video of a woman's severed hand following a bus accident in Karnataka is being shared with the false claim that the act was done by goons while she was trying to board a Karnataka State Transport Corporation bus. The incident is also being falsely linked to the recent Shakti scheme, launched by the Karnataka state government, allowing female passengers to travel for free in state run buses.
BOOM found that the claim is false and the woman's hand was severed when when a lorry rammed into the Karnataka Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus she was travelling in, near Basavarajpura in Mysore district on June 18, 2023.
The 20-second video shows an injured woman with a severed hand sitting near the steps of the bus surrounded by people who are screaming.
BOOM has not included the video due to its graphic nature.
Wasim R Khan, president of the minority cell of BJP's Mumbai unit, tweeted the video with the caption which translates to, "Goons cut off a woman's hand in a moving bus in Karnataka, Rahul Gandhi ji answer."
(In Hindi - यह तसवीर आपको विचलित कर सकती है. करनाटक में चलती बस में दबंगों ने महिला का हात काटा @RahulGandhi जी जवाब दो!)
The video is being shared linking it to the Shakti scheme. The caption when translated reads, A woman's hand was chopped off while climbing through the window of a bus in Hulinahalli, Karnataka. The woman had to pay for the free bus journey”.
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