A video of a heavily crowded railway station is being shared on social media with a claim that the video was filmed at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai, on April 7, 2021.
A Facebook user shared the message in Hindi which read: “Mumbai hawra mail CST Railway station me lock down phir se lagne ki wajah se majdoor log ganv jane ke liye lagi puri bhid!”
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FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the post and found it to be false.
Firstly, we searched for related news items but couldn’t find corroborating reports.
We then found a tweet by the government’s nodal agency Press Information Bureau (PIB), published on April 9, 2021, in which it stated that the video of crowded Mumbai CST platform is old.
A video of heavily crowded Mumbai CST Platform is being shared on social media claiming to be from yesterday. #PIBFactCheck: The video is old and is being mischievously shared with recent dates. Please don’t share this video. pic.twitter.com/bT69Fok5GX
— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) April 9, 2021
The East Cost Railway and Northeast Frontier Railway under the Ministry of Railways, also published tweets on April 9, 2021, debunking the claim.
A video of heavily crowded Mumbai CST Platform is being shared on social media claiming to be of yesterday.
The video is old and is being mischievously shared with recent dates.
We appeal everyone to avoid sharing such videos. People are requested not to believe in rumours. pic.twitter.com/1f51AjK5X5— Northeast Frontier Railway (@RailNf) April 9, 2021
.@RailMinIndia
A video of heavily crowded Mumbai CST Platform is being shared on social media claiming to be from yesterday. #PIBFactCheck: The video is old and is being mischievously shared with recent dates. Please don’t share this video.https://t.co/x8qtvnn7Ng— East Coast Railway (@EastCoastRail) April 9, 2021
On digging further, we found a tweet by Shivaji M Sutar, Chief Public Relations Officer, Central Railway, Mumbai, stating that a case has been registered by GRP Mumbai CSMT under relevant sections of IPC for investigation over the edited video of the crowded station.
One case has been registered by GRP Mumbai CSMT under relevant sections of IPC for investigation over the Edited Video which was in circulation creating panic amongst the public regarding over crowded station position at CSMT on 7/4/2021. pic.twitter.com/0X7pyA43l5
— Shivaji M Sutar (@ShivajiIRTS) April 10, 2021
Hence, from the above information, it is clear that the video showing a heavily crowded CST railway station is old.
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