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The claim

Eight youths in Bhilwara, Rajasthan, were arrested and beaten in jail for cutting off a cow’s tail and throwing it at a temple.

Original publisher’s rating

FALSE

Reviewed by FACTLY ↗ ·

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Original review summary

The review says the video is from June 2022, when Uttar Pradesh police detained and assaulted people protesting remarks about Prophet Muhammad. It reports that the men were cleared of charges and released on 03 July 2022, and that the video is unrelated to the Bhilwara incident.[S1]

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Sources and attribution

  1. [S1] FACTLY original review

    Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026

Original review: FACTLY. Structured data compiled by Data Commons under CC BY 4.0. Publisher article content is subject to its own terms. Summaries and context are produced by PeakMetrics with AI assistance.

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