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2021 Video Falsely Linked to ₹5 Crore Seizure in Pune Ahead of Maharashtra Elections

Written By Vasudha Beri, Edited By Pankaj Menon
Oct 23, 2024
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Claim
Video shows ₹5 crore seized from close aide of Shiv Sena MLA in poll-bound Maharashtra.

Fact
Video dates back to at least 2021.

Several social media users, including verified profiles, shared a video showing stacks of currency notes, claiming to show the money recovered from an associate of an MLA of the ruling Shiv Sena in poll-bound Maharashtra. The assembly election in the state is scheduled to be held on November 20.

The video is being shared on X, Facebook and Instagram to show “Rs 5 crore seized from a close aide of an MLA from Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena.” Newschecker, however, found that the video dates back to at least June, 2021.

Such posts can be seen here, here, and here.

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Fact Check/Verification

A keyword search for “5 Crore,” and “Shiv Sena” on Google yielded a report by Times Of India, dated October 23, 2024, stating that the Pune Rural police seized cash worth ₹5 crore on Monday evening from a car near the Khed-Shivapur toll post, on Pune-Bengaluru highway.

Screengrab from TOI report on ₹5 Crore Seizure

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut and NCP (SCP) MLA Rohit Patil reportedly alleged that the money was being taken to Sangola MLA Shahaji Patil, who belongs to the Eknath Shinde faction of Shiv Sena, for election funding purposes.

Patil has, however, denied such allegations, and reportedly said the vehicle belonged to one of his thousands of “karyakartas”.  “…He has a few businesses, though I don’t know why or where the cash was being transported to,” MLA Patil was quoted as saying in the report.

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But Does The Video Show Money Recovered Ahead Of 2024 Maharashtra Polls?

We looked up keyframes of the viral footage on Google lens, which yielded an Instagram post by @haryana.zone, dated October 9, 2024. It carried the same video, proving that it predates the October 21 police action in which ₹5 crores were confiscated from a car at Khed-Shivapur toll post.

Screengrab from Instagram post by @haryana.zone

Another Instagram post from December 2023 also carried the same video.

Screengrab from Instagram post by @all_colour_prediction

The video was also shared on YouTube by another handle @ghanshyamponderarussian8596 on June 10, 2021.

Screengrab from YouTube video by @ghanshyamponderarussian8596

Newschecker could not independently verify whether the seized cash was linked to MLA Patil or not. However, the viral footage has been available online since at least 2021, and does not show the ₹5 crores that were recently seized from a car in poll-bound Maharashtra.

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Conclusion

An old video has been falsely shared to show ₹5 crores seized by the police in Maharashtra ahead of the assembly polls.

Result: Partly False

Sources
Instagram Post By @haryana.zone, Dated October 9, 2024
Instagram Post By @all_colour_prediction, Dated December 7, 2023
YouTube Video By @ghanshyamponderarussian8596, Dated June 10, 2021


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