A sensitive video that shows people participating in a religious procession making provocative slogans in front of a mosque has been circulated as a recent incident. However, D-Intent Data has found that the audio in this video has been replaced. It has nothing to do with reality. We found the original video on YouTube uploaded in March 2018. According to the YouTube post, this video depicts the Ram Navami Procession in Gulbarga/Kalaburagi, Karnataka. There are no provocative slogans in the original video.
Sharing the video on X (Formerly Twitter), @ansarimransr wrote. In today’s time, raising provocative slogans in front of the mosque is the definition of Hindutva for some Hindu extremists! Dancing in front of the mosque with loud DJ music and creating a ruckus has become a very common thing under the protection of the administration. The rest of the administration is 100% impartial!
Propagandist account @FrontalForce also shared the video and wrote. Jihadis raised ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans outside this mosque on Moharram. Hindus gathered outside this mosque & raised slogans “Those who chanted ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ should not live here; go to Pakistan,”
Several other users, influencers and propagandists have also shared the video and made similar claims. Their posts can be seen here, @TigerRajaSinggh, @theHindu_Sena, @ocjain4, @Sweet_Honeygal, @ansarimransr
The truth about the viral video, Fact Check
As soon as the posts containing the video and claims came to our notice. Subsequently, we conducted research and analysis of the video and found that the audio in the video was not real but digitally altered.
To verify the claims made by the users. We performed a reverse image search of some key frames from the viral video on Google Lens. This led us to a YouTube video containing the same video uploaded in March 2018. According to the YouTube post, this video depicts Ram Navami Procession in Gulbarga/Kalaburagi, Karnataka. This original footage showcases the Ram Navami procession in Gulbarga/Kalaburagi, Karnataka. Contrary to the manipulated claims, the video features only bhajans being sung, with no derogatory slogans directed at Pakistan.
Therefore, it is evident from D-Intent Data’s Fact Check that the video was not real but digitally altered.
Intent
Social media users, influencers and propagandists are circulating digitally altered videos with misleading claims to set their narrative based on religion.
Conclusion
Claim– The video depicts Hindus making provocative slogans in front of a mosque during a religious procession.
Fact– The audio in the video was not real but digitally altered.
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