A video is circulating that shows individuals confronting a person from a minority community and getting involved in an altercation, claiming locals caught people carrying a Pakistani flag in Aminagar Sarai, near the Sighawali area of Baghpat police station, and handed them over to the police. However, the police clarified that the flag was actually an Islamic flag associated with Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi, not a Pakistani flag.
Sharing the video on X (Formerly Twitter) propagandist account @ajaychauhan41 wrote, “Locals caught people waving the Pakistani flag in Aminagar Sarai in the Sighawali area of Baghpat police station and handed them over to the police”.
Several other users, influencers and propagandists have also shared the video and made similar claims. Their posts can be seen here @chander68475101, @RAJIVKU78882672, @sanatani_6, @Hindu_Bhu,
The truth about the incident from Uttar Pradesh about Pakistani flag, Fact Check
As soon as the posts containing the video and claims came to our notice. Subsequently, we conducted research and analysis of the incident and found that the flag was not Pakistani. But a religious flag related to Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi.
To verify the claims made by the users. We performed a relevant keyword search on Google but couldn’t find any verified sources regarding the incident. Afterwards, we visited the Baghpat Police X(Twitter) account and found a statement regarding the incident. According to the police, the man was carrying a religious flag related to the Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi festival.
The police statement reads, On 16-09-2024, 03 bike riders were going from village Gauspur to Meerut, who had a green cloth on their bike. Some local people stopped them on the way and protested, saying that the green cloth was the flag of Pakistan. When the Singhawali Ahir police station investigated the above case, the green cloth that the said youth had was related to the Eid-e-Milad festival. The said cloth was not the flag of Pakistan. There was no such news. Baghpat Police denies the false news. Please do not spread false news otherwise legal action will be taken against you. (Translated from Hindi)
Also, it is important to note that Milad-un-Nabi was celebrated on 16 September this year. Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi, also called Mawlid, celebrates the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad, and is marked by many Muslims on the 12th of Rabi’ al-Awwal, the third month in the Islamic lunar calendar.
Therefore, it is evident from verified sources that the flag was not Pakistani. But a religious flag related to the Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi festival.
Intent
Social media users, influencers and propagandists are circulating videos from Baghpat with misleading claims to set their narrative based on religion.
Conclusion
Claim– Locals caught a man carrying the Pakistani flag and handed him over to police in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat.
Fact – The police have clarified that the flag was not the Pakistani flag. But it was a religious flag related to the Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi festival.
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