Fact Check: Viral video of women police slapping men exiting Metro train is not recent incident
There are 17 operational rapid transit systems, which are popularly called as ‘Metro’, in 17 cities across India.
There are 17 operational rapid transit systems, which are popularly called as ‘Metro’, in 17 cities across India. Delhi Metro is the largest of all these services. The metro trains have helped reduce the traffic congestion in major cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, etc. People are increasingly preferring metros, especially women, as they are convenient and reduce the travel time in their daily commute. Almost all the metro train services have special ladies’ coaches exclusively for the women traveling in the metros. This step was taken to enhance the safety and comfort of the women commuters.
Women commuters are encouraged to report any instances of misbehavior or unauthorized entry into ladies' coaches via DMRC's 24x7 helpline number 155370. The DMRC reiterated that the first coach of all running metro trains is reserved exclusively for women passengers. Male passengers are advised to refrain from travelling in these reserved coaches, regardless of metro service timings.
Concerned Metro authorities keep employing flying squads, composed of personnel from the CISF and Metro Rail Police, to conduct surprise checks across all lines to ensure compliance and maintain the safety and comfort of women commuters. Those violating the rule are subject to fines and also imprisonment.
Meanwhile, a video showing female cops slapping men as they come out of the metro coach is shared on social media with the claim that the video shows the surprise check. The Delhi cops caught men who were traveling in the ladies' coach of the Delhi metro. The female cops can be seen slapping the men who are exiting the ladies' coach.
This video is shared with the claim “Delhi Metro - Men in Women's Coach getting "treatment"
A few other users shared the video with the caption “Kalesh over Men travelling in women coach inside Delhi Metro!!”
Fact Check:
The claim is Misleading. The video is from November 2010 and not recent.
When we extracted the keyframes from the video and searched them using Google reverse image search, we found that the viral video was shared on YouTube on December 29, 2021, with the caption “#DelhiMetro #CISF On #camera Slapped”
The same video was also shared on Reddit with the caption “Indian police slapping men who were travelling in the ladies' coach of the New Delhi's metro” in 2019.
We also found an article published on the Times Now website, an old video showing men being beaten by an angry female cop at the Delhi metro is resurfacing online. Reportedly, around 40 men forcibly entered the reserved women’s coach and refused to vacate, despite the efforts of the metro and CISF officials. Women passengers complained about the men’s presence in the ladies' coach. The article also states that the now-viral video shows a group of men exiting the metro while a female cop standing outside the gate slaps them. This incident occurred in November 2010 on Metro Line 2 (Jhangirpuri to HUDA city centre).
The incident, which occurred in November 2010 on Metro Line 2 (Jahangirpuri to HUDA City Centre), shows a female police officer slapping several men as they exited the train. The article also shares the comments of social media users about the video.
Therefore, the viral video is not recent, it is an old video showing female cops slapping men for travelling in the ladies' coach. The claim is Misleading.