Nisar Ahmed Siddiqui 
A video is getting viral on all social media platforms. In this video, a man can be seen kicking and insulting the oil painting of Goddess Saraswati in the school. Social media users are claiming that the accused youth is a Muslim. Users are pleading with the police to catch the accused.
By sharing this video a user captioned: “ RT this video so much. That this Muslim pig should be caught wherever he is. #ViralVideo.”
Source: Twitter
The web archive of this tweet is given here.
Source: archive
Many other users are posting this video. Many of these users called it a racist incident, while some users have claimed that this act was done by the teacher of the school itself.
Source: Twitter
Source: Twitter
Source: Twitter
Fact Check:
To analyze the viral video, the DFRAC team first converted the video into several frames. After this, a reverse search was done. We found a report published on ‘Aaj Tak’. According to this report, this incident is from a government school in Kwant tehsil of Chhota Udepur, Gujarat. The name of the accused youth is Yogesh and he is a teacher posted in the school. He vandalized the school in an inebriated state. During this time he also insulted Goddess Saraswati. The incident is a few days old. After this incident, the police are looking for the accused Yogesh.
Source: aajtak
In the report published on the website of ‘India TV’ regarding this incident, it has been told that the name of the accused youth is Yogesh.
Source: indiatv
Conclusion:
It is clear from the fact check of DFRAC that the name of the accused youth is Yogesh. He is not a Muslim. Therefore, the claim of social media users is wrong.
Aayushi Rana 
