Recently, a video has gone viral on social media in which some angry young men are vandalizing a car on the road. Several users, influencers and propagandists have shared the video and some of them have claimed that the angry Kanwariyas vandalize car after accident because the car occupants were Muslims. However, D-Intent Data has found that the car was traveling from the wrong side and collided with the Kanwariyas, damaging their Kanwar (religious object).
The video disseminated with distorted claims about angry Kanwariyas vandalize car after accident
Several users, influencers and propagandists have disseminated the video of people vandalizing the car and made communal claims.
Serial fake news peddler and propagandist account Ali Sohrab (@007AliSohrab) has shared the video on X and wrote. “The series of terror of the tyrannical Kanwariyas continues. In Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, the Kanwariyas (Shiv Bhakt Hindus) completely damaged the car, beat the car rider mercilessly and left him half dead… Why is there no action against the tyrant Kanwariyas (Shiv Bhakt Hindus)?Because the country is run by the Constitution. And Om Birla has clearly stated in the temple of democracy that the “Constitution is a version of the Gita (Hindu religious text)”!
Another fake news peddler and propagandist account @realwajidkhan has also posted the video on X and said. Can these rioters be called religious? Are these hateful people going to worship Shiva? Now, instead of putting nameplates on Muslim shops, plates with their names and father’s names should be put on the foreheads of these saffron-clad rioters!!
Several other users, influencers and propagandists have shared the video and made similar communal claims. Their posts can be seen here ShirinKhan0 @MamtaTripathi80, @USMANAH51877972, @Benarasiyaa
The truth about the viral video where angry Kanwariyas vandalize car after accident, Fact Check
As soon as the posts containing the video of people vandalizing the car came to our notice. We conducted research and found that the car was traveling from the wrong side and collided with the Kanwariyas, damaging their Kanwar. In response, the angry Kanwariyas vandalized the car.
During the research, we found the Meerut Police statement, according to the police, the car was traveling from the wrong side and collided with Kanwariyas, damaging their Kanwar. Subsequently, the angry youth vandalized the car. The police reached the spot and talked to both parties. The situation was defused after counseling the Kanwariyas and peace and order was restored. Both the parties do not want any action.
Hence, it is evident from D-Intent Data’s Fact Check that the communal claims made by propagandists are not true.
Intent
Propagandists are circulating videos with misleading claims to create communal disharmony in the region.
Conclusion
Claim– Kanwariyas vandalized the car because the occupants were Muslims and they were traveling on the same road.
Fact– The car was traveling from the wrong side and collided with the Kanwariyas, damaging their Kanwar, Subsequently, the Kanwariyas vandalized the car. Nothing to do with religious hate crimes.
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