It has been claimed that supporters of the YSR Congress Party blocked the roads and broke hundreds of coconuts during the celebration after seeing a video showing a group of people smashing coconuts on the road.
Verified accounts on twitter, including Shelby (“@manishini9“) posted the video and wrote that many injuries happened after YSR Congress Party blocked the roads and shattered hundreds of cocunuts. The tweet was made on Oct 20,2023 and has reached to an almost 50.7k user accounts. The archive can be read from above.
Disturbing video @YSRCParty sympathizes blocked the roads and shattering hundreds of coconut celebration not any relief on @ncbn case
— Shelby (@manishini9) October 20, 2023
Baga tagi people medhi koda vesaru anta coconut and some injuries happened
Emi lucha party ra medhii💦💦💦 pic.twitter.com/qS8FQXFmeY
What is the Actual Truth about the footage? : Fact
The truth is that, according to sources, fans in Karumathampatti, Coimbatore, celebrated the release of Vijay’s latest movie “Leo” by smashing hundreds of coconuts. It is not related to any political organisation.
Spark Media (“@SparkMedia_TN“) tweeted “On the occasion of today’s release of the movie Leo in Karumathambatti, Coimbatore, Traffic was disrupted for a while as Vijay fans broke hundreds of coconuts in the middle of the road #LeoMovie #LeoFDFS” after sharing the video on Oct 19,2023. The post was shared by 1k users.
கோவை, கருமத்தம்பட்டியில் லியோ திரைப்படம் இன்று வெளியானதை முன்னிட்டு,
— Spark Media (@SparkMedia_TN) October 19, 2023
நடுரோட்டில் நூற்றுகணக்கான தேங்காய்களை விஜய் ரசிகர்கள் உடைத்ததால் சிறிது நேரம் போக்குவரத்து பாதிப்பு#LeoMovie #LeoFDFS pic.twitter.com/db7vQWeZ2J
On the release of Leo, Thalapathy Vijay fans stopped traffic and broke the coconut on the road. It was confirmed in an article which was published on Oct 21,2023,
D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
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— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) October 22, 2023
ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A video that shows a group of people shattering coconuts on the road has been shared claiming that YSR Congress Party sympathizers blocked the roads and shattered hundreds of coconuts during the celebration, (1/3) pic.twitter.com/javoFYTcPO
Intent:
Influencers on social media are spreading movies from Tamil Nadu that make exaggerated claims in an attempt to criticise the Andhra Pradesh government.
Conclusion:
Claim : There has been a video circulated online showing people breaking hundreds of coconuts on the road. It purports that supporters of the YSR Congress Party blocked the roads during the celebration.
Fact : In actuality, fans in Karumathampatti, Coimbatore are reportedly smashing hundreds of coconuts in celebration of the premiere of Vijay’s new movie, “Leo”. It is not connected to any political party.
