An image has surfaced on social media platforms purportedly showing dead bodies lying on the ground with a claim that people were killed in a mosque in Delhi which was set on fire by members of the majority community.
A Facebook user shared the image with a caption that roughly translates to, “My heart is breaking into pieces. Oh lord, those Hindus who martyred my brothers by burning them in the Delhi mosque, in exchange for the blood of those martyred brothers give the power of governance to the Muslims by bringing down the Modi government like the Feraun.
(Amin, summa Amin)”
(Original Text: কলিজা ফেটে চৌচির হয়ে যাচ্ছে হে মালিক দিল্লির মসজিদে যেসব হিন্দুরা আগুন দিয়ে পুড়িয়ে আমার ভাইদের শহীদ করেছে, তুমি শহীদি ভাইদের রক্তের বিনিময়ে ভারতের শাসন ক্ষমতা মুসলমানদের হাতে কবুল করে মোদী সরকারকে ফেরাউনের মতো পতন ঘটিয়ে দাও। (আমিন সুম্মা আমিন))
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FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the viral claim and found it to be shared with a false claim.
With the help of Reverse Image Search, we found a YouTube video uploaded on February 24, 2020, carrying the same visuals. As per the video description, men were protesting against the CAA, NRC, and NPR, wearing shrouds. In the video, one can notice men lying on the ground moving and slogans can be heard in the background.
On checking further, we found a Hindi news report by a local news website showing the same visuals as the cover image. According to the report, protests took place in Aurangabad, in support of the sit-in demonstrations at Shaheen Bagh. In the cover image, one can also notice ‘CAA NRC’ placards written on it.
The Citizenship Amendment Act was passed by the Centre in 2019 amid huge protests by the Opposition. This led to a series of nationwide protests which continued for months till the country was put under lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Moreover, we ran a search but did not find any credible report of such incident taking place recently in Delhi.
NewsMobile debunked the same image in 2021 when it was shared as the situation of Muslims in Kashmir.
https://newsmobile.in/articles/2021/10/13/fact-check-old-image-from-anti-caa-protest-falsely-linked-to-jk/
Therefore, we can say that old visuals from anti-CAA protests are being falsely shared to spin a crafted narrative.
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