A video showing a group of individuals engaging in hate speech is widely shared on social media. Many users have linked it to the ongoing 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
The video is shared on Facebook with a caption: “Congress agar aa gayi to ghar ghar jaakar Hinduon ko Islam ki dawat bhi denge” (English translation: If Congress comes to every home, Hindus will also be invited to Islam.)
Here’s the link to the above post. (Archive)
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above post, and found it to be misleading.
Running the video keyframes through Reverse Image Search, the NM team identified the origin of the viral video to a tweet from May 2021. The longer version of the video reveals that the man holding the microphone is Syed Irshad Ahmed Al Bukhari, an Islamic scholar from Dinajpur, Bangladesh. He introduces himself as speaking from Dinajpur at the beginning of the video.
Thus, we can conclusively say that the video is actually from Bangladesh, dated 2021, and NOT linked to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in India.
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