A video is being shared on the internet, claiming to show a Muslim man trying to disguise himself by wearing a bhagwa cloth and stealing a mobile from a Hindu girl.\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to the caption, the incident happened on 8 August in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, where two students chased down and beat a man who snatched a mobile from one of them.<\/p>\n
(An archived version of a similar claim can be found here.)<\/p>\n
Is it true?: No, the video does not have any communal angle.<\/p>\n
How did we find out?: We ran a reverse image search on the video using Google Lens and found a news report that shared the same video.<\/p>\n
The article by The Free Press Journal, published on 9 August, reports that two sisters from Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior chased down a mobile snatcher who tried to flee after stealing one of their phones.<\/p>\n
They chased him down on their scooter, knocked down his bike and helped the police catch him.<\/p>\n
According to the report, the suspect is named Manpreet from Punjab.<\/p>\n
After running a keyword search, we found an article by Aaj Tak, reporting on the same incident.<\/p>\n
According to the report, two sisters from Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior district chased down a criminal who fled after stealing their mobile phone.<\/p>\n
The report states that during the interrogation, the accused was identified as Manpreet, who is a resident of Jalandhar, Punjab.<\/p>\n
ETV Bharat reports that the Station-in-charge of Padav Police Station, Gwalior, Shailendra Bhargav, said that the accused's name is Manpreet.<\/p>\n
None of the articles mentions any communal angle to the incident.<\/p>\n
We also found a post on Instagram by user india_today_mp, in which a police officer confirms the accused is Manpreet Singh.<\/p>\n
A post shared by INDIA TODAY MP (@india_today_mp)<\/p>\n