Fact Check / Claim in Viral Video – Tabligi Jamaat member vandalized, video of Pak found in investigation
new Delhi. Video of a naked person has gone viral on social media. The person seen in the video is seen vandalizing. Users are describing it as a member of Tablighi Jamaat. A user from an account named Vishwas Sanatani Hindu Jai Bharat wrote, ‘Tabligi Jamaat ki mulla look what is you doing naked’. The person seen in the video is seen tearing glass from his head. The background of the video is heard by people, who are asking to stop it. On Twitter too, many users are sharing this and telling about Uttar Pradesh. A user named Rahul Singh wrote that, ‘The Jamaat in Isolation in UP’. More users are sharing this on Facebook .
What is truth
- Viral claim is false. The video that has gone viral is not from India but from Pakistan. The incident took place in Karachi in 2019.
- We found this video on YouTube in keyword searching . It was uploaded on 25 August 2019.
- In it, the caption written in Urdu states that a naked person entered the mosque and caused damage. Of sabotage. The name of the place of this incident was described in the caption as Gulshan-e-Hadid Phase 2. Karachi is written in the title.
- The full portion of this video is available on YouTube. In it, two people also appear in the mosque chasing a naked man.
- Searching with the Urdu caption given in the video, we found this video in many other places .
- It was shared on 23 August 2019 on a Facebook page. It claimed that the person entering the mosque was named Khalid bin, who is mentally ill. Due to this, he tried to harm himself by breaking the glass.
- While searching by the name of Khalid bin, we found a video of Pakistan TV on YouTube. Information about this incident has also been given in this.
- According to the information given here, the person was identified as Shafiq Abro. Police investigation found it mentally ill.
- It is clear from the investigation that the video of Pakistan is being viral in the name of Tabligi Jamaat, referring to India.
