The video is actually of 2019, when a couple from Mathura had set themselves on fire due to police inaction.
A keyword search led us to a report dated 29 August 2019, by NDTV, carrying the video. The report stated that the couple set themselves on fire inside the compound of a police station in the Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh. The video, shot by their son, had gone viral on social media.
The couple had alleged inaction by the police on their complaint against some village strongmen who had been harassing them.
The Quint had also reported that three police officials including a sub-inspector Deepak Nagar of Surir police station were suspended as an investigation was launched over the alleged laxity by the police.
We had earlier debunked another false claim in September 2019, when the same video had been shared in the context of atrocities being…
