A video circulating on social media shows a person entering a room the walls of which are adorned with pro-Pakistan slogans and radical posters. Inside, the video shows a young man arguing with the person recording. The person behind the camera is heard stating, “Tell everyone in your community that every Indian child is stronger than a hundred of your kind.” This video is being shared with the claim that the person responsible for the posters with pro-Pakistan slogans was from the Muslim community.
BJP supporter Jitendra Pratap Singh shared the video, identifying the culprit as a Muslim. (Archived link)
देखिए उनके कितने खौफनाक इरादे हैं
और यह न सिर्फ हिंदुओं से बल्कि भारत से कितनी नफरत करते हैं
देश की राजधानी दिल्ली के अवंतिका के सी ब्लॉक में एक मुस्लिम ने अपने बिल्डिंग के चारों तरफ और अपने फ्लैट में जगह-जगह पाकिस्तान जिंदाबाद लांग लिव पाकिस्तान के नारे जगह-जगह लिखा और… pic.twitter.com/DKgYzyWeNl
— 🇮🇳Jitendra pratap singh🇮🇳 (@jpsin1) August 4, 2024
Right-wing propaganda outlet Sudarshan News also shared the video, labelling the culprit as a ‘jihadi’ and claiming he belonged to the Muslim community. (Archived link)
Similarly, other users also shared the video with the same claim. (Archived link)
Fact Check
Upon investigating, Alt News found a post by journalist Sachin Gupta, who cited information from the police and clarified that the accused was not a Muslim.
दिल्ली में एक शख्स ने अपने घर की दीवारों पर “पाकिस्तान जिंदाबाद” और “लॉन्ग लिव पाकिस्तान” के नारे लिख दिए। पुलिस ने आरोपी को कस्टडी में लिया।
पुलिस ने कहा– “आरोपी मुस्लिम नहीं है। मानसिक विक्षिप्त लग रहा। पूछताछ चल रही है” pic.twitter.com/igvrN5ZBs6
— Sachin Gupta (@SachinGuptaUP) August 4, 2024
We then performed a keyword search, which led us to an article published by ABP News on August 5, 2023. According to this report, the police identified the accused as Yashwant Singh. He was detained for writing ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans on the wall of his flat. In other words, the accused is a Hindu, and not from the Muslim community.
Additionally, an Amar Ujala report quoted District Police Commissioner Guriqbal Singh, who confirmed that the accused was not Muslim.
To sum it up, multiple users shared a viral video of an apartment with ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ posters, claiming the accused was from the Muslim community. However, the police clarified that he was a Hindu.
The post Man who put up pro-Pakistan posters in Delhi flat is not a Muslim; claim by Sudarshan News false appeared first on Alt News.
This content originally appeared on Alt News and was authored by Abhishek Kumar.
Abhishek Kumar | Radio Free (2024-09-04T14:13:02+00:00) Man who put up pro-Pakistan posters in Delhi flat is not a Muslim; claim by Sudarshan News false. Retrieved from https://www.radiofree.org/2024/09/04/man-who-put-up-pro-pakistan-posters-in-delhi-flat-is-not-a-muslim-claim-by-sudarshan-news-false/
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