A 2 minutes 20 seconds long video is getting viral, in which a primary school can be seen where some Muslim community members, including children and women, can be seen sitting in a classroom. A man is also seen in the video questioning the activities going on in the class and says that Maulvi is teaching Kalma to children in this government school.
Another person can also be heard saying that people in the classroom are promoting Islam in India.
Social media users claimed that the viral video is of Delhi and targeted CM Arvind Kejriwal for converting government schools into madrassas.
A verified user by the name of Sheetal Chopra who is a member of RSS shared the video and writes, “This is not Madarsa Allegedly This is govt school of Delhi in Vijay Nagar What else can u expect from Kejruddin ?
Many more users shared this video with similar claims
source : twitter
source : twitter
Fact Check:
To investigate the viral video DFRAC team carefully looked into the video and at about 1:11 seconds we found, “Primary School Mirzapur” is written on the wall. Also, a UP Police badge can also be seen on the shoulder of a policeman.
Then when the team searched for the name of the school we found it in Ghaziabad.
On keyword searching using the name “Primary School Mirzapur” we found it on a YouTube channel and was uploaded one year ago.
source : youtube
Further we also found that the same video with the same claim went viral a year ago.
source : twitter
Conclusion:
With the fact check it is clear that the video is not from delhi, but from Uttar Pradesh and also the video is not of recent times , but 1 year old.
