A video showing burqa-clad women sitting in a queue has gone viral on social media claiming that they have lined up to hoard free ration being distributed by the government.
The video is being shared on Facebook with a caption in Hindi that reads, “भारत सरकार से फ्री में राशन मिलने वाली भीड़ तो देखिए आपकी आंखें खुली की खुली रह जाएगी आपका इनकम टैक्स कहाँ जा रहा समझिए”
(Translation: See the crowd getting free ration from the Government of India, then your eyes will open up and you will understand where your income tax is going.)
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FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above claim and found it to be misleading.
A close look at the video makes it clear that it is shot in front of a Bank of Baroda branch. At one point in the video, the branding of ‘Guru Gobind Singh Public School, Gandhi Colony, Muzzafarnagar appears which confirms that the video has been recorded in Muzzafarnagar, Western Uttar Pradesh.
We did a keyword search and found that the same video was uploaded on YouTube on April 17, 2020, with a Hindi headline which translates to ‘In Muzzafarnagar’s Gandhi Colony there’s a crowd of Muslim women…know what is the reason.
The description of the video says that the women had gathered in front of a branch of Bank of Baroda in order to withdraw the Rs 500 credited to their Jan Dhan accounts by the government. There were rumours that if the money was not withdrawn, the amount would not be credited from next month.
We also found another video uploaded on the YouTube channel of News 18 India on April 20, 2020.
According to this report, women had come to the bank to withdraw the money from their Jan Dhan accounts because of rumours that the amount would not be available if it was not withdrawn immediately. This rumour had created panic. However, bank officials made the beneficiaries follow social distancing norms and reassured them that the relief money would not be taken back.
Thus, it is evident from the above information that an old video showing burqa-clad women sitting in a queue is viral on social media with false claims.
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