A video of the murder of a YSRCP youth wing member in Vinukonda in Andhra Pradesh’s Palnadu district is being shared with a communal claim. Both the accused and the victim in the incident are Muslims, named Sheikh Jilani and Sheikh Rashid respectively.
New Delhi (Viswas News). A video clip of a deadly attack on a person with a sharp-edged weapon is being shared on various social media platforms with the claim that the accused in this gruesome incident belongs to the Muslim community and the victim belongs to the Hindu community.
Vishvas News investigated and found this claim to be false. The viral video is from an incident that took place in Andhra Pradesh where a YSRCP (Yuvajana Sramika Raithu Congress Party) youth leader was murdered in public by a worker of the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP). Both the accused and the victim in this case belong to the same Muslim community. The name of the deceased is Sheikh Rashid, while the name of the accused in the case is Sheikh Jilani.
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investigation
Using the in-vid tool, we extracted key frames from the viral video and did a reverse image search to find the original video. In the search, we found this video clip on NDTV’s verified YouTube channel, which was uploaded on July 18, 2024.
According to the information given with the report, “A member of the youth wing of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy’s YSR Congress Party was hacked to death with a sharp-edged weapon in Palnadu district on Wednesday night.”
According to the information in the report, “The victim’s name was Sheikh Rashid, a member of the YSR Congress Party’s youth wing and the accused’s name was Sheikh Jilani, who attacked him with a daab (sharp weapon).”
Other news reports also mention this incident and all of them give the same name to the accused and the victim. ‘Times of India’ dated 19 July 2024 Report According to, “YSRCP youth member SK Rashid was brutally attacked by SK Jilani in Vinukonda of Palnadu district. Jilani had left YSRCP and joined TDP due to a dispute. YS Jagan Mohan Reddy condemned the murder, while TDP said that both of them came from criminal background.”
‘Indian Express’ of 19 July 2024 Report This incident has been mentioned in the same context in the report. In this report, a real estate related deal has been mentioned as the reason for the incident.
Our investigation reveals that the viral incident is related to a murder incident that took place in Palnadu district of Andhra Pradesh, in which both the accused and the victim belong to the same Muslim community.
We contacted Palnadu district Superintendent of Police K Srinivas Rao regarding the viral video clip. He confirmed that there is no communal angle to the incident. Also, rejecting the claim of political rivalry between the two, he said, “The reason for the murder was personal enmity between the two, in which there is no political motive involved.”
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Conclusion: A video of the murder of a YSRCP youth wing member in Vinukonda in Andhra Pradesh’s Palnadu district is being shared with a communal claim. Both the accused and the victim in the incident are Muslims, named Sheikh Jilani and Sheikh Rashid respectively.
- Claim Review : A Muslim youth publicly murdered a Hindu youth with a sharp weapon.
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2024-07-27 20:09:12