Video of a mock drill from Jharkhand falsely shared as a police crackdown on protestors in Uttar Pradesh

Video of a mock drill from Jharkhand falsely shared as a police crackdown on protestors in Uttar Pradesh

The clip is from a mock drill held in Bokaro, Jharkhand, not related to any real protest in UP. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.

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