Viral video claiming Hindu girls rescued from Muslim man’s house turns out to be scripted
New Delhi: A viral video circulating across social media platforms with the claim that Hindu girls were rescued from a Muslim Man’s house has turned out to be scripted.
The video shared with a caption “Muslim boys kidnap Hindu girls. Love Jihad,” showed two individuals allegedly rescuing the girls crying and covered in bruises, who were allegedly kept in a cupboard after being abducted.
However, PTI Fact Check Desk has discovered the claim to be fake and that it was a scripted video that was widely shared on social media with a false communal claim. He are the complete details.
Viral Video
A Facebook user shared on December 15 a video, claiming that it showed several Hindu women being rescued from a Muslim man’s house. The video was shared with the caption:
“Muslim boys kidnap Hindu girls. Love Jihad.”
Investigation
The PTI Fact Check Desk ran the keyframes of the viral video through Google Lens and came across a YouTube video posted by a channel named ‘Naveen Jangra’ on February 12, 2023. The content in the video was the same as the viral clip.
Here is the screenshot of the YouTube video.
Below is a combination image, which shows that the content in the viral video is the same as that of the YouTube channel.
The PTI Fact Check Desk watched the video and found that it contains a disclaimer at the 22-second mark stating it should be consumed for “entertainment purpose only”.
Below is the screenshot of the disclaimer posted in the video.
Further, to corroborate the details, the PTI Fact Check Desk also scanned through other videos uploaded on the YouTube channels and found many scripted videos like the viral clip.
Subsequently, the PTI Fact Check Team concluded that the viral video was scripted and was shared as a real incident, with a false communal claim.
CLAIM
A viral video shows Hindu women being rescued from a Muslim man's house, who were abducted and tortured.
FACT
A scripted video was shared a real incident on social media.
CONCLUSION
Multiple social media users shared a video, claiming that it showed two persons rescuing several Hindu girls, who were abducted and tortured by a Muslim man.
In its investigation, the PTI Fact Check Desk found that a scripted video was shared on social media as a real incident with a false communal claim.
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
