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The claim

A video of a boy being brutally beaten by a teacher in an orphanage in Haridwar at a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) training class.

Rating

MISLEADING

Reviewed by FACTLY ↗ ·

Original fact check ↗

Original review summary

The review reports that the video shows a teacher beating a student at Kishori Balika Vidyalaya in Sitapur district, Uttar Pradesh—not at a Haridwar orphanage or an RSS training class. It says the school was private and that the teacher was an instructor in a course called “Puranik Shiksha.”[S1]

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Sources and attribution

  1. [S1] FACTLY original review

    Original review · Retrieved October 17, 2026