A video circulating widely on social media claims to show members of the Muslim community inciting violence with abusive language and sharp weapons, followed by their public parade as punishment by the police. However, these claims are false. Reports confirm that the individuals in the video have been identified as Akash Gajbi, Uday Sarathe, Akash Soni, Nitesh Jat, Lucky Sen, Jai Rawat, and Hrithik Valmiki—none of whom belong to the Muslim community.
Sharing the video on X (Formerly Twitter) propaganda account @RealBababanaras wrote. “Abdul and gang made a video with swords and threatened, abused & challenged administration. A Day after Police made a video”.
Abdul and gang made a video with swords and threatened, abused & challenged administration. A Day after Police made a video pic.twitter.com/UwHhq1vzOH
— Baba Banaras™ (@RealBababanaras) January 1, 2025
Several other users, influencers and propagandists have also shared the video and made similar claims. Their posts can be seen here, @MithilaWaala, @Ramkumar_9800, @jpsin1
The truth about the video of police parading miscreants, 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. We found that the video was not related to Muslim individuals, but different miscreants.
To verify the claims made by the users. We performed a reverse image of some key frames from the viral video using Google Lens. This led us to several media reports containing the same visuals. According to the reports, (1, 2, 3), the individuals involved have been identified as Akash Gajbi, Uday Sarathe, Akash Soni, Nitesh Jat, Lucky Sen, Jai Rawat, and Hrithik Valmiki—none of whom are Muslim. The procession was carried out by the TT Nagar police station in Bhopal and has no connection to the Muslim community.
Therefore, it is evident from verified sources that the video was not related to Muslim individuals. The miscreants were identified as Akash Gajbi, Uday Sarathe, Akash Soni, Nitesh Jat, Lucky Sen, Jai Rawat, and Hrithik Valmiki—none of whom are Muslim.
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— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) January 8, 2025
ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A video has been widely shared on social media, claiming to depict members of the Muslim community trying to incite violence with abusive language and brandishing sharp weapons in the first part, and later being paraded by the police (1/3) pic.twitter.com/BOR9XfJqdq
Intent
Influencers are circulating videos with misleading claims to set their narrative based on religion.
Conclusion
Claim– The video depicts police parading Muslim individuals because they tried to incite violence.
Fact– The miscreants were identified as Akash Gajbi, Uday Sarathe, Akash Soni, Nitesh Jat, Lucky Sen, Jai Rawat, and Hrithik Valmiki—none of whom are Muslim.
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