Fact-Check: Muslim Man Utters Derogatory Remarks About Hindus. Truth Behind Viral Video

A post along with a video, is going viral on social media platforms claiming that a man of Muslim faith, disguised as Sadhu, was found uttering derogatory remarks about Hindus at Hari Ki Pauri Ghat, Haridwar. Users on Social media are fervently sharing this video and making similar claims. Additionally, they are attempting to give this incident a communal angle.

Viral Post Claims

A user named Bala shared this video on X(Twitter) and wrote: “A man of the Muslim faith, disguised as a sadhu, was found at the Har Ki Pauri Ghat, uttering derogatory remarks about Bharhim”.

Other users also shared this post

Furthermore, we discovered that several users shared this video on X(Twitter) as well as Meta and made similar claims.

Fact-Check

 The DFRAC team converted the viral video into some Keyframes and reverse-searched it on Google.

Tweet by Haridwar Police

We found a video shared by Haridwar police on X(Twitter) showing the victim narrating his entire ordeal and revealing his true identity as a Hindu.

What was mentioned further?

Haridwar police also mentioned: “Do not spoil social harmony by getting misled by false conspiracies. Haridwar Police is committed to taking strict action against those sharing such posts” in its Tweet.(English Translation)

Conclusion

It is clear from DFRAC’s Fact-Check that the viral post claiming Muslim Man uttering derogatory remarks about Hindus is completely false and misleading as the man shown in the video is originally a Hindu, not a Muslim.