Fact Check: Satish Marathe Was Not Killed by Muslims in Surat; Communal Claim Is Misleading

A video is being widely shared on social media showing several people beating a man with sticks and other weapons. Users sharing the video claim that a social worker named Satish Marathe was beaten to death by a Muslim mob in Surat, Gujarat. They further claim that the accused were Bangladeshi Muslims living in slums in Surat and that Marathe had been demanding an investigation into them.

Sharing the video, a user named Udayveer Singh Chandel wrote: “In Surat, Gujarat, a social worker named Satish Marathe was brutally murdered by Muslim youths. They took him near the slum and killed him by chopping him with an axe. So far, two youths, Arbaz and Karim Bairon, have been arrested. It is being said that these people living in the slums are Bangladeshis. Satish Marathe was getting them investigated and had demanded that the slums be removed. The Muslim youths from the slums then looted and murdered him.”

ANIL GIRI – X CLASSES another user shared the video with a similar claim, stating that Satish Marathe was taken near a slum by Muslim youths and brutally killed with an axe. The post also alleged that Arbaz and Karim Bairon had been arrested and that the accused were Bangladeshi Muslims whom Marathe had been trying to get investigated and evicted from the area. #Gujarat #Murder

Several other users have also shared the video with similar claims. The posts can be seen here .