Check | Old, unrelated clips go viral showing police beating a man for physically abusing a cow

Two videos, one of which shows a man physically attacking a man cow and the other image police personnel hitting a man are going viral on the internet as images from a recent incident.

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The mail had arrived four lakh views on the platform. We have received several questions about the viral video on our WhatsApp tip line also.

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What are the facts?: Both videos are unrelated and are shared out of context.

• We can trace the video of the man attacking a calf back to at least March 2022.

• The second clip is from May 2021 and shows police officers beating minors in Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh over allegations of cell phone theft.