The Central government banned Popular Front of India (PFI) and its sister organisations after several raids by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) across states between September 22-27, on the grounds of unlawful activities.
In the above context, a video showing a group of people counting heaps of cash is being widely shared on social media claiming that it shows NIA raid on PFI in Kerala.
The caption of the post reads: Money seized by NIA in PFI office in kerala.
The post can be seen here.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the viral video and found it to be misleading.
Conducting a Reverse Image Search of the video keyframes for double check, we found
a video on YouTube shorts posted on the official channel of CNN-News 18, dated
September 11, 2022.
The video keyframes match exactly with the viral clip and the description informs us that it is from an ED raid conducted in a Kolkata-based businessman’s properties. Around ₹18 crore cash had been recovered by the ED during the raid.
Another news report, published on the official channel of NDTV, dated September 10, 2022, with the title: Heaps Of Cash Found At Kolkata Firm In Raid, Counting Machines Busy, matches exactly with the viral video. We got to know that ED conducted raids on six different properties belonging to a Kolkata businessman who, along with his family, defrauded people through a gaming app.
One more news report, published online in The Times of India, dated September 11, 2022, titled: ‘Kolkata: ₹17 crore found during ED raid on home of gaming app operator’ states that the accused is Aamir Khan, promoter of a gaming app called E-nuggets. Khan allegedly lured users to his gaming app and then defrauded them, and the money recovered is what he had collected by cheating them.
Thus, it is clear from the above information that the viral claim is misleading.
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