A purportedly recent video from the NIT Srinagar protest featuring young people protesting has been circulated.
Verified accounts on twitter, including @RituRathaur tweeted ” #NITSrinagar Radical Intolerant g-hadi Mobs are back on streets raising Sar Tan Se juda. It cannot be crushed if elected govts do not prosecute these terrorists. Rising eslamic fanaticism needs to be crushed if the rest of Indians have to live peacefully. Horrifying! ” after sharing the video of the incident. The tweet was made on Nov 29, 2023, which has received an about 59.2k views on X.
#NITSrinagar
— Ritu #जिष्णु (@RituRathaur) November 29, 2023
Radical Intolerant g-hadi Mobs are back on streets raising Sar Tan Se juda.
It cannot be crushed if elected govts do not prosecute these terrorists.
Rising eslamic fanaticism needs to be crushed if the rest of Indians have to live peacefully.
Horrifying! pic.twitter.com/pBhpbVeoPP
The user further made a tweet saying that the central government finances #NITSrinagar, where students of Kashmiri Muslims are yelling bloodthirsty slogans like of Nara e Takbeer and at a Hindu Marathi student. The college administration suspended the Hindu student and prohibited him from taking exams in response to these ruthless groups.
🚨🚨HORRID: #NITSrinagar is run on central govt funds and its kashmiri muslims students are raising bloody thirsty slogans of Nara e Takbeer and #Sartansejuda against a Hindu Marathi student
— Ritu #जिष्णु (@RituRathaur) November 29, 2023
The college adminstration of taking action against these blood thirsty mobs ,… pic.twitter.com/3ZYhh2DkPQ
Several other accounts, including @ajaychauhan41, Sudhanshu Singh (” @sudhansh6359“), Adv.Vineet Jindal (“@vineetJindal19“), Aadil Wani (“@COY1801“), Times Algebra (“@TimesAlgebraIND“), @theAshMolly also claimed the same that Massive protests broke out at NIT Srinagar in response to claims that a Marathi Hindu student had made blasphemous remarks. His sister’s pictures are being altered and shared, and his private information has been exposed. Savage chants such as “Sar Tan Se J…” were yelled. The archive can be read from above.
What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact
This is actually an old video from 2022 showing a protest in Srinagar’s Downtown area against remarks made disparagingly about Prophet Muhammad by a BJP spokesperson who was suspended. It is not at all related to the recent demonstration.
The video was uploaded in Instagram on June 11, 2022.
D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
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— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) November 29, 2023
ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A video showing youths protesting has been shared, claiming to be from the recent Protest in #NITSrinagar, the fact is that this is an old video from 2022 of a protest held in the Downtown Area of District Srinagar, (1/2) pic.twitter.com/i5w0KZCvfE
Intent:
Propagandists and Pakistani accounts are circulating old videos as recent to incite violence and create unrest in Kashmir.
Conclusion:
Claim : It has been claimed that a video purporting to be from the recent protest in NIT Srinagar features young people protesting.
Fact : In actuality, this is an old footage from 2022 showing a protest against the offensive comments made by a suspended BJP spokesperson against Prophet Muhammad in the Downtown Area of District Srinagar. It is not associated with the most recent protest.
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