A video purporting to be a recent clip from Haldwani features and claims to have an extensive crowd of Muslims on the road.
@RadharamnDas tweeted “Feeling so helpless & sad, seeing #DevBhumi #Uttarakhand going the Kashmir way. From 1% to 44% in just 20 years, #Haldwani is lost. This is a planned conspiracy by Islamists to capture the udgam sthal of Sanatan Dharm, Maa Ganga & Maa Yamuna. While Government & Hindus are sleeping, they have successfully transported millions of illegal Rohingaya’s & Bangladeshi to #DevBhumi. We saw last night the condition of our Police who has to run away to save themselves. Worried about the Hindus of the areas. The only way is mass deportation of all illegal Bangladeshi’s & Rohingaya’s immediately.” on Feb 9, 2024. The tweet has received an about 99.8k views on X.
Several other accounts, including @LukkyVaishnav made the same claim that the video shows a huge crowd of people from Muslim community in Haldwani. It is claime that the population of Muslim community has increased a lot in Uttarakhand compared to Hindus. The archive can be read from above.
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The same video, which was posted to Facebook in May 2022, was discovered. It is from Jwalapur Eidgah in Haridwar. The specific images are unrelated to Haldwani. The video shows “Eidgah Jwalapur, Haridwar” on the occasion of 2022 Eid, the police further clarified.
Haridwar Police posted the photos from the official account and wrote “सोशल मीडिया पर एक पुराना वीडियो वायरल हो रहा है जिसे कभी UCC से संबंधित बताया जा रहा है तो कभी हल्द्वानी की घटना से ! जबकि उक्त वीडियो वर्ष 2022 ईद के अवसर पर “ईदगाह ज्वालापुर, हरिद्वार” का है। इसलिए बिना पुष्ट जानकारी के न कोई वीडियो वायरल करें और न ही अपलोड सामग्री पर अनावश्यक कमेंट करें।Uttarakhand Police#precautions#virals #UKPoliceHaiSaath” on Feb 9, 2024. The translated snapshot is attached below. Mahtab Ansari shared the same video on Facebook on May 3, 2022.
D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
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ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A video that shows a huge crowd of the Muslim community on the road has been shared,claiming to be a recent video from #Haldwani. We found the same video on a Facebook account uploaded in May 2022 and this is from Jwalapur Eidgah in Haridwar.(1/2) pic.twitter.com/rDAmU3qZM9
Intent:
Propagandists circulating old videos from Haridwar, claiming recent visuals from Haldwani for propaganda. A video that shows a huge crowd of the Muslim community on the road has been shared,claiming to be a recent video from Haldwani. We discovered the same video, which was posted to Facebook in May 2022, from Jwalapur Eidgah in Haridwar. There is no connection between Haldwani and the specific images. The police further stated that the footage was taken at “Eidgah Jwalapur, Haridwar” on the occasion of Eid 2022.
Conclusion:
Claim : Videos purporting to be recent footage from Haldwani have been circulated, featuring an extensive gathering of Muslims on the street.
Fact : We found the same video on a Facebook account uploaded in May 2022 and this is from Jwalapur Eidgah in Haridwar. The particular visuals have nothing to do with Haldwani. Police also clarified that the video is of “Eidgah Jwalapur, Haridwar” on the occasion of 2022 Eid.
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