On social media, a claim is being made along with a video that in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, during a raid at the house of Bajrang Dal worker Ramu, the police recovered a large quantity of explosives, a stockpile of bombs, and weapons. In the video, the police team can be seen with the seized material.
While sharing this video, a user named Afreen Rizvi wrote, “In Ghaziabad, during a raid, a large quantity of explosives, a stockpile of bombs, and so many weapons were recovered from the house of Bajrang Dal worker Ramu that it is enough to destroy the whole city. But there is silence in the lapdog media!”
Apart from this, the video has also been shared by many other users, which can be seen here and here.
Fact Check:
The DFRAC team investigated the viral video and found that recently, there has been no incident in Ghaziabad of recovery of bombs or explosives from the house of any Bajrang Dal worker. In fact, this video is from October 2022. We found a report from Dainik Bhaskar about this video, which stated that in Ghaziabad, the district president of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad filed a case against an X (former Twitter) user for spreading fake news.
On further investigation, we found a post from the Police Commissionerate of Ghaziabad, in which information about the recovery of explosive material was given. The police had stated that Loni Police Station had arrested one accused who was illegally manufacturing firecrackers, along with a large quantity of semi-prepared/prepared explosive firecracker material. The police had arrested a person named Rizwan in this case, while the accused named Dilshad, Naushad, Akash, and Gaurav had absconded.
For more information, our team contacted the Loni Police Station. The police told us that recently, there have been no incidents of recovery of a large quantity of bombs, explosives, or weapons. This case is from the year 2022, when material used for making illegal firecrackers was recovered. At that time, a case was registered against the accused and necessary legal action was taken.
Conclusion:
The DFRAC fact check clearly shows that recently there has been no incident in Ghaziabad of recovery of bombs and explosives from the house of any Bajrang Dal worker. Therefore, the users’ claim is misleading.
