Authors
Kushel HM is a mechanical engineer-turned-journalist, who loves all things football, tennis and films. He was with the news desk at the Hindustan Times, Mumbai, before joining Newschecker.
Claim
Vadodara Police detained men accused of rioting and pelting stones during Ram Navami celebrations on March 30, 2023.
The archived version of the tweet can be seen here.
Also Read: Clashes And Confusion: Howrah Police and VHP at Odds Over Permission for Ram Navami Rally
Fact
This viral video had first surfaced in September 2022 with the claim that the UP police was detaining those who spoke against the RSS, which Newschecker had debunked. Newschecker, in its fact-check then, ran a reverse image search of keyframes of the video, which led us to this tweet, dated August 28, 2022. According to the tweet, the footage is of the Hyderabad Police arresting Muslim men from the homes for protesting against BJP MLA T Raja Singh for his alleged derogatory comments against the Prophet on social media.
Taking a cue from this, we ran a relevant keyword search, which led us to The NewsMinute report, dated August 25, 2022. The report, which featured a frame of the viral video, stated that police personnel detained several young men suspected to be involved in protests against Singh on the night of August 24, 2022.
Similar reports, which featured excerpts from the viral video, were done by NDTV and Aaj Tak in August 2022.
Also, a screenshot of the 2:01 viral video, taken at the 00:39 mark , shows the vehicle registration plate of the police jeep starting with TS09. We learnt that this is the code assigned to Hyderabad, confirming that the viral video is from Telangana.
Result: False
Sources
The Newsminute report, August 25, 2022
Tweet by @5Pillarsuk, August 28, 2022
(This fact-check was first done for Newschecker Hindi by Shubham Singh)
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Authors
Kushel HM is a mechanical engineer-turned-journalist, who loves all things football, tennis and films. He was with the news desk at the Hindustan Times, Mumbai, before joining Newschecker.
