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Fact Check: This Picture of Man With Saffron Flag Is NOT Related To US Capitol Hill Violence; Here’s The Truth

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A picture of a man outside US Capitol Hill building with a saffron flag is being circulated on social media with a claim that he is one of the pro-Trump supporters who stormed the building and clashed with police on January 7, 2021.

“Begani shaadi mein” Hindutwa” deewana”
(Hindutva gangs seen at US Capitol while trump supporters storm the building).Saffron Hindutva terrorists never miss a chance to spread terrorism Even USA is not safe with these terrorists
Disclaimer: There is a Huge difference between Hindus and Hindutva the same way there is a Huge difference in terrorism and Islam
P.S: Hindus and Muslims are good but Hindutva and terrorism has no religion their religion is hate and terrorism”, the Facebook post read.

Here’s the link to the above post.

FACT CHCEK

NewsMobile fact-checked the post and found it to false and misleading.

We ran the picture through Reverse Image Search and found the same picture on Outlook with the caption, “People take out a tableau on ‘Ayodhya’s Shri Ram Mandir’ around the US Capitol Hill to celebrate the ground breaking occasion of the temple, in Washington.”

The picture was credited to PTI.

The same picture was also featured in a photo gallery on Economic Times dated August 6, 2020.

“Indian community people take out a tableau on ‘Ayodhya’s Shri Ram Mandir’ around the US Capitol Hill to celebrate the ground breaking occasion of the temple, in Washington,” the picture was captioned.

The same picture was also uploaded by The Telegraph on August 5, 2020.

This proves that the picture in circulation is OLD and is not related to the recent clashes.
However, a video of a man waving Indian Flag at the US Capitol Hill went viral on social media and later he was identified as Vincent Xavier. It should be noted that Xavier and the presence of the Indian flag at the protest has nothing to do with the viral picture in circulation.
Hence, based on the above information, it is clear that the post in circulation is false and misleading.

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