Video of mixing harpic with pani puri water gone viral with communal angle, read the fact-check

A video is making round on social media platforms. Further, users are claiming that a person from a certain community was mixing harpic in the waters of Pani puri. Meanwhile, sharing the video Facebook user DrHarish Joshi wrote the caption, “A jihadi named Zubair was feeding people by mixing harpic in the water of Batasa (Pani-puri/Golgappe)… If you buy anything from these jihadis, there will be a risk of losing your life.”

Fact Check

On reverse-searching images of different frames of the video, we found that the same video on Facebook page Gyan Bhandar on 7th July 2022 under the headline, “Playing with children’s health.

Further, there is a disclaimer in the caption, “Disclaimer: This video is a complete fiction, all the events in the video are scripted and made for entertainment purpose, it does not promote any kind of activity or any Does not defame any kind of ritual. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental.”

Conclusion

Therefore, the viral video is completely fictitious and was for the purpose of awareness. Hence, social media users are sharing it misleadingly by giving a communal.

Claim: A Muslim named Zubair mix harpic in pani-puri water.

Claimed by: DrHarish Joshi

Fact Check: Misleading