Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad was detained at the Jodhpur airport, while he was on his way to meet the family of nine-year-old Dalit boy, Indra Meghwal. Indra Meghwal was thrashed to death by his teacher for drinking water from an earthen pot kept for the teachers belonging to ‘upper caste’.
Amid this, a protest video is being circulated online claiming that people were waiting for Chandrashekhar Azad.
The video description reads: “यह दृश्य जालोर का है बहुजन समाज ने भाई साहब BHIM ARMY चंद्रशेखर आजाद के इंतज़ार में पुरा रोड जाम कर दिया है इन्हें पता है कि। #आज़ाद_नही_रुकेगा #आज़ाद_नही_रुकेगा” (English translation: This scene is from Jalore. Bahujan Samaj has blocked the entire road waiting for Bhai Saheb BHIM ARMY Chandrashekhar Azad, they know that. #Azad_Nahi_Stayega #Azad_Nahi_Rukega)
Here’s the link to the above post.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the post, and found it to be misleading.
While examining the video and comments on the post, we found few people mentioning that the video is shared with a false claim. Some social media users have mentioned that the video shows a person — Shihab — from Kerala, who is on a journey on foot to Mecca.
A similar video on Facebook was also shared with a caption: “#shihabbhai to perform #Hajj2023 Walk on foot #Kerala to #Meccasharif Huge crowd on the way of Parbatsar Nagour Rajasthan. Welcome to Nagour Distt.
Video shot yesterday. #Hajj2023 #shihab #mecca #shihabchottur.”
Based on this, we ran a keyword search and found a similar video uploaded on the verified YouTube Channel of Shihab Chottur, dated August 17, 2022, with a title: “Ajmer | A dream journey by foot | Shihab Chottur | Rajasthan Days.”
Thus, it is clear that the video is not related to Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad. Hence, the claim is misleading.
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