Tension continues between two communities in Maharashtra’s Amravati after the recent communal violence. Now Curfew was imposed in the city. Meanwhile, fake news is being posted on social media. A purported video linking the Amaravati violence is going viral with the claim that a mob waving a saffron flag is protecting Hindutva in front of a mosque.
The caption of the viral video said – Curfew in Maharashtra’s Amravati after the BJP’s protest today, following the bandh by Muslims against the Tripura riots yesterday. To understand Hinduism and Hindutva, there will be no better example than this! The task of Hindutva is to protect Hinduism. “Jai Jai Shri Ram!”
https://twitter.com/Sourabh3507/status/1460068376135360515?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1460068376135360515%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdfrac.org%2Fhi%2F2021%2F11%2F17%2Ffact-check-old-clip-of-ram-navami-rally-amravati-riots%2F
*त्रिपुरा दंगे के खिलाफ मुसलमानों ने कल किए गए बंद के बाद आज भाजपा के विरोध प्रदर्शन के बाद महाराष्ट्र के अमरावती में कर्फ्यू*
*🚩Hinduism और Hindutva को समझने के लिये इससे बढ़िया उदाहरण नहीं मिलेगा! हिंदुइज्म की रक्षा करना ही हिंदुत्व का काम है!🚩*
*जय जय श्री राम* @kshtrani_ pic.twitter.com/xIinNR97s8— कवि गुलशन फ़रीदाबादी (भूमिहार ब्राह्मण ) (@Janjagriti9) November 15, 2021
Archived versions of the post can be found here and here.
Fact check
However, when our team tried to find out the veracity of this video, it has found the claim being made with this video to be misleading.
Karnataka: Visuals from #RamNavami procession carried out earlier today in Kalaburagi. Muslims were seen distributing juice to the devotees of Lord Ram during the procession. pic.twitter.com/m8bnw8DRrX
— ANI (@ANI) April 13, 2019
Along with the pictures, ANI wrote – Karnataka: Visuals from #RamNavami procession carried out earlier today in Kalaburagi. Muslims were seen distributing juice to the devotees of Lord Ram during the procession.
Tweet by news agency ANI shows that this video is not from Amaravati in Maharashtra but from Kalaburagi in Karnataka. Which is being shared with false claim. So this video is misleading.
