Muslims file petition in Supreme Court to ban Sunny Deol’s film ‘Gadar 2’? Read: Fact Check

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Actors Sunny Deol and Ameesha Patel’s film ‘Gadar 2’ will be releasing in theaters soon. At the same time, a post on social media is going viral. Users are claiming that Muslim advocate Adil Ahmed has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking a ban on the film. It is also  claimed that the petition states that the film will hurt the feelings of Muslims.

A user named Pushpendra Kulshreshtha wrote- “Muslim advocate Adil Ahmed filed a petition in the Supreme Court to ban Sunny Deol’s upcoming film Gadar 2, this film has been made to hurt the  sentiments of Muslims.

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Another user wrote- “A jihadi advocate Adil Ahmed has filed a case on Sunny Deol’s film Gadar 2 to be banned. Now it’s our responsibility to hit. Shri Radhekrishna”

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Fact check:

DFRAC searched some keywords on Google to fact check the claim going viral and tried to find out whether a petition is really  filed  or not in the Supreme Court to ban the film Gadar-2.

We did not find any such news published by mainstream media beccause If a petition had been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a ban on the film Gadar-2, then this news would have been published at the national level.

Conclusion:

It is clear from our fact check that the claim being made about the film “Gadar-2” is fake. Because we have not found any news from certified source regarding the petition filed in the Supreme Court to ban the film.

Claim Review: Muslims file petition in Supreme Court  seeking ban on Gadar-2

Claimed by: Social media user

Fact check: Fake