There is a video circulating on the social media of police action against few protestors from Hyderabad. Propagandists are circulating the video with multiple misleading claims.
Himmu 1988 (“@1988Himmu“) claimed in a twitter post that PFI held a rally in Uttar Pradesh and voiced a great deal of unease. Baba’s army arrived at every home at six o’clock, distributed Konavratri Prasad to all the courageous souls, and then, as usual, took them away. The tweet was made on September 27, 2022.
The same video became viral as the Mira Road Riots incident in January 2024. Verified accounts on twitter, including @ajaychauhan41 tweeted “#MiraRoadRiots Fundamentalists arrested after entering the house” on Jan 24, 2024. The tweet became viral and has received an about 469.6k views on X.
#MiraRoadRiots
— हम लोग We The People 🇮🇳 (@ajaychauhan41) January 24, 2024
घर में घुसकर गिरफ्तार किए गए कट्टरपंथी pic.twitter.com/a61LlhALj1
Several other accounts, including Lokesh Yadav (“@Lokeshy49599209“), Zafarul-Islam Khan (“@khan_zafarul“), Ravi Dewangan (“@Ravi297782024“) also made the same claim that the police entered the house and arrested them in Mira Bhayandar. The archive can be read from above.
Further, the video again got resurfaced as the incident of Haldwani unrest in Feb, 2024. @KashifArsalaan tweeted “Uttarakhand – Haldwani, Allegations of police entering Muslim houses along dirty streets and searching them.” on Feb 13, 2024.
What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact
The video originates from Hyderabad City, where young people were calling for Raja Singh’s arrest due to his anti-prophit remarks, and is not from UP. But when the protest got out of hand, police had to use force to disperse demonstrators in the Shalibanda neighbourhood, which resulted in the arrest of 120 people from MIM and Majlis Bachao Tehreek (MBT).
The official account of @amjedmbt (Spokesman – Majlis Bachao Tahreek) tweeted “The real face of friendly police breaking doors of muslim youths and arresting them, Why not @hydcitypolice in so much action against Raja Singh (MLA),Will any action be taken against this cops for using abusive language and manhandelling aged parents @CPHydCity & @KTRTRS.” on August 25, 2022.
The real face of friendly police breaking doors of muslim youths and arresting them, Why not @hydcitypolice in so much action against Raja Singh (MLA),Will any action be taken against this cops for using abusive language and manhandelling aged parents @CPHydCity & @KTRTRS. pic.twitter.com/Zdbno5pXdb
— Amjed Ullah Khan MBT (@amjedmbt) August 25, 2022
We also visited news meter, which published an article on this incident on Aug 25, 2022 with the headline “Remarks against Prophet Muhammad: Tension grips Old City after police use force in Shalibanda”. This news article clarified all the truth regarding this incident in details.
D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
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— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) September 27, 2022
Analysis: Misleading
Fact:The video is not from up, but from Hyderabad city, where youths were demanding Raja Singh's arrest for his anti-prophit remarks.(1/2) pic.twitter.com/nRPs3oc9iS
Intent:
Social media users are posting a video with different false claims, without verifying or checking. Many claimed that the video is from Uttar Pradesh, while some claimed it is the Mira Road Riots incident . Further, the video got resurfaced as Haldwani unrest in 2024. The video is from Hyderabad City, not from Up, where young people were calling for Raja Singh’s arrest over his anti-prophit comments. Still, 120 members of MIM and Majlis Bachao Tehreek (MBT) were arrested when police had to use force to disperse demonstrators in the Shalibanda area after the protest got out of control.
Conclusion:
Claim : A video got circulated on the social media with different misleading claims. The video was claimed to be from UP, whereas few claimed it to be from the incident of Mira Road Riots. Also, in Feb, 2024, it got resurfaced as Haldwani unrest.
Fact : The video is not from UP, but from Hyderabad city, where youths were demanding Raja Singh’s arrest for his anti-prophit remarks. However, after the protest became out of control, police had to use force to disperse protestors in the Shalibanda area, arresting 120 people from MIM and Majlis Bachao Tehreek (MBT).
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