A viral video, showing a roadside statue being vandalized by a mob, is being widely shared on social media with the false claim that the desecration of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s statue is being depicted.
Influencer accounts like @inderjeetbarak have posted the video with emotionally charged captions, alleging a targeted attack on Ambedkar’s legacy.
With Caption like:
“तुम बाबा साहेब की प्रतिमाओं को तोड़कर कौनसा राम राज स्थापित करना चाहते हो?? उनके विचार और सोच आज अंतराष्ट्रीय स्तर पर फैली हुई है, वो तुम्हारे रामराज से कहीं ऊंचे हो चुके हैं!”
Other Influencer @deepakk71435224, booth this clip with this claim:
तुम बाबा साहेब की प्रतिमाओं को तोड़कर कौनसा राम राज स्थापित करना चाहते हो?? उनके विचार और सोच आज अंतराष्ट्रीय स्तर पर फैली हुई है, वो तुम्हारे रामराज से कहीं ऊंचे हो चुके हैं!
Several other users, influencers @Mohamma02289834, and @Tasneembano1993 have also disseminated the claims.
Truth Revealed: Viral Video is from Ujjain Clash, Not Ambedkar Statue
As soon as the viral posts came to our attention, the D-Intent Data team promptly initiated an investigation into the video. Through visual analysis and a reverse image search using Google Lens, we traced the footage to Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, dated January 2024. Contrary to the viral claims, the video does not depict the vandalism of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s statue. Instead, it captures communal clashes between two groups—Malviyas (Scheduled Caste) and Patidars (OBC)—which reportedly erupted after Ambedkar followers vandalized a statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in the Makdone tehsil of Ujjain. This incident was widely reported by mainstream media outlets, including Financial Express, The Indian Express, and Hindustan Times (YouTube coverage, January 2024).
It was verified by our team that this is an old incident unrelated to Dr. Ambedkar’s statue and that it has been wrongly linked in viral posts to push a misleading narrative.
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ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A video showing a violent mob vandalizing a statue on a road is being shared with the claim that it depicts the desecration of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's statue. However, the truth is that the video is from Ujjain and dates back to January 2024, (1/3) pic.twitter.com/5ykycQlbDw
Intent
This misinformation is being shared with the intent to frame the incident as caste-based violence and inflame social and political tensions.
Conclusion:
Claim: The viral video shows a mob desecrating Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s statue.
Fact: The video is from January 2024 in Ujjain and shows a clash over a Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel statue—not Dr. Ambedkar’s.
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