Amid widespread violence in various states during the Ram Navami celebrations, a video showing a procession taking place amidst a large number of police deployments is widely shared on social media. Many users claim that the Ram Navami procession is peacefully taking place in Pakistan.
The video is shared on Facebook with a caption: “पाकिस्तान मे राम नवमी सेफ है और भारत मे सेफ नही ईस्का मतलब क्या, ???” (English translation: Ram Navami is safe in Pakistan, but not safe in India, what does it mean???)
Here’s the link to the above post.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above claim, and found it to be MISLEADING.
Performing a Reverse Image Search with relevant keywords, we identified the official Twitter handle of Voice of America Urdu carrying the same video, dated March 30, 2023. The caption reads: “In Indian-administered Kashmir on Thursday, Kashmiri Pandits took out a procession amid tight security arrangements, which reached its destination through various places in Srinagar. Kashmiri Pandits take out this procession called ‘Shobha Yatra’ every year on the occasion of one of their religious festivals. Zubair Dar reports.”
بھارت کے زیرِ انتظام کشمیر میں جمعرات کو کشمیری پنڈتوں نے سخت سیکیورٹی انتظامات کے دوران ایک جلوس نکالا جو سرینگر کے مختلف مقامات سے گزرتا ہوا اپنی منزل پر پہنچا۔ کشمیری پنڈت ہر سال اپنے ایک مذہبی تہوار کے موقع پر ‘شوبھا یاترا’ نامی یہ جلوس نکالتے ہیں۔ زبیر ڈار کی رپورٹ#VOAUrdu pic.twitter.com/se6ys4eDLS
— VOA Urdu (@voaurdu) March 30, 2023
The same video was also uploaded on the official Facebook page of Voice of America Urdu with similar information that it shows a procession being taken out in Srinagar during the Ram Navami celebrations.
Several news articles have displayed the same with several other visuals and videos.
The local media of Kashmir also covered the procession taken out by Kashmiri Pandits in Srinagar. A video report on this topic can also be seen on the official YouTube channel of Kashmiri Media Institute ‘Greater Kashmir’.
Thus, it is clear that a video of the Ram Navami procession in Srinagar is falsely shared as that from Pakistan.
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