A video is going viral on the internet with the claim that a massive celebration is going on in Srinagar after Pakistan defeated India in Asia Cup 2022. The video was first shared by the verified account of Sudarshan news with the caption, “Celebrated India’s defeat in front of Pakistan in Srinagar, bursting firecrackers. It is necessary to ensure the complete destruction of these snakelets.” {English Translation} along with the hashtag #INDvsPAK #AsiaCupT20. The the archived version of the tweet is given here.
Similarly, Sagar Kumar of “Sudarshan News” news also shared the same video with the caption, “Fireworks broke out in Srinagar on the victory of Pakistan” {English Translation}. The archived version of the tweet can be seen here.
A user named Vishal Hindu shared the video with the caption, “Fireworks fired in #श्रीनगर on the victory of Pakistan by traitors hiding in #भारत.” {English Translation}
Similarly, this video went viral on Twitter as well as Facebook with the similar claim.
Fact Check
On DFRAC fact check analysis, the team got a tweet from verified account of Srinagar Police in which they have slammed the tweet of Sagar Kumar. In the tweet it was written that, “Don’t spread fake news and sensationalism by circulating old videos. Nothing of this sort reported from anywhere.”
Further, they quoted, “The video is half a decade old from Nawakadal chowk. Don’t spread fake news and sensationalism by circulating old videos. Nothing of this sort was reported from anywhere. #FakeNewsAlert.
After that, Sagar Kumar deleted the video but shared a tweet that reads as, “Yesterday a video of Srinagar was tweeted by mistake. When I came to know that it is fake, that tweet was deleted. But how much pain is there in these people, what kind of language are they using.” {English Translation}
Conclusion
Therefore, from this fact check it is clear that the video is old. Hence, the claims of social media users are wrong. There are no such celebrations in Srinagar after the Pakistan’s victory over India in Yesterday’s match.
