Fact Check: Video of women buried alive in Madhya Pradesh is not caste atrocity
The police confirmed that it was a family land dispute
By Sibahathulla Sakib Published on 22 July 2024 3:07 PM GMT![Fact Check: Video of women buried alive in Madhya Pradesh is not caste atrocity Fact Check: Video of women buried alive in Madhya Pradesh is not caste atrocity](https://newsmeter.in/h-upload/2024/07/22/377409-truck.webp)
Claim: The video shows two Dalit women buried alive by upper caste individuals in Madhya Pradesh.
Fact: The claim is misleading. The incident shows an altercation in a land dispute. The issue is not related to caste.
Hyderabad: A video has gone viral on social media, claiming to show two Dalit women buried alive by upper caste individuals in Madhya Pradesh being rescued.
An X user shared the video with the caption: āHeight of cruelty..! Two Dalit women buried alive by Upper Caste goons in Madhya Pradesh. (sic)ā (Archive)
A same video can be seen here. (Archive)
Fact Check
NewsMeter found that the claim is misleading.
A reverse search revealed a report by India TV titled āRewa: Two women buried by goons in gravel during protest against road construction on their land | VIDEO.ā The report had screengrabs from the viral video.
According to the report, two women in Rewaās Hinauta village were buried when gravel was dumped on them while they were protesting unauthorised road construction on their leased land. The report said that the two women were rescued and sent for treatment.
A keyword search led to a report by NDTV on the incident titled āTruck Dumps Gravel On 2 Women, Tries To Bury Them Alive In Madhya Pradeshā
The report stated that the women, Mamta Pandey and Asha Pandey, were buried up to their waist and neck in gravel. They claimed the land was leased and opposed the construction. Senior police officer Vivek Lal was quoted saying, āThe women were protesting and the dumper overturned the gravel, burying them. Both parties have a dispute over family land.ā
We found another report by The Hindu titled āTwo women partially buried under construction material while protestingā. The report also confirmed that the women were involved in a land dispute with relatives.
Cops confirm no caste angle
Additionally, we found a video posted on X by ANI showing Rewa additional superintendent of police Vivek Lal stating that there is a family land dispute behind the incident. In the video, the police confirmed that āit was a family land dispute; one side wanted to build a road and was laying down gravel (translated from Hindi).ā The police in the video stated that a case of attempt to murder has been registered under section 110 of the BNS, with three accused, and one arrest has been made.
#WATCH | Rewa, Madhya Pradesh: On the Rewa incident, SP Rewa Vivek Singh says, "The incident took place yesterday... It is a family land dispute between two sides... One side wanted to make a road and they were spreading pebbles for it. Two women came under the pebbles when theyā¦ pic.twitter.com/WajuQSNtmv
ā ANI MP/CG/Rajasthan (@ANI_MP_CG_RJ) July 21, 2024
The reports only mentioned a land dispute as the cause of the action which confirmed that the incident is not a caste atrocity. The reports donāt mention any police investigation or the case being filed about crimes against marginalised caste groups.
The surname of the victims and the accused as per reports is Pandey and no reports stated that the victims are Dalits. No valid information supports the issue being caste-related; reports indicate it is a land dispute among relatives.
Hence, the claim is misleading.