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India Today Fact Check found that this incident took place in Mishraulia village in Maharajganj, more than 200 kilometres away from Bahraich.
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India Today Fact Check
This October 11 video is from Mishraulia village in UP’s Maharajganj, more than 200 km from Bahraich. It took place two days before the violence in Bahraich.
In the aftermath of communal violence in Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, during which a Hindu man, Ram Gopal Mishra, was killed, a video allegedly showing the incident was widely shared online. Those sharing the video claimed: "This video reveals the truth about how the violence in Bahraich actually started."
In the video, people can be seen dancing to loud music while marching through a street with saffron flags featuring the iconic “Angry Hanuman” image. Suddenly, one of the people standing outside a house pulls away the flag and throws it, after which a clash starts.
Sharing the video on X, one person wrote in Hindi: "Make the truth of Bahraich go viral, Hindus. Look carefully, first the Jihadis snatched the saffron flag and tore it, then threw stones at the Durga procession. After this, the situation in Bahraich worsened. Show the world who the real rioter is." Other similar posts can be seen here and here.
India Today Fact Check found that this incident took place in Mishraulia village in the Maharajganj district in Uttar Pradesh, more than 200 kilometres away from Bahraich.
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We observed that some people responded to the viral posts claiming the video was not from Bahraich but from Maharajganj. With the help of a keyword search, we found several news reports about this incident.
According to an ETV Bharat report, this incident took place during the Durga Puja Dola procession in Uttar Pradesh’s Mishraulia village, which falls under the Nichlaul police station, on October 11. The report stated that following the incident, police were heavily deployed in the area. At the same time, the police registered a case against 12 named persons and five unidentified people.
Reports in Live Hindustan and India TV also mention that this incident took place in Mishraulia village of Maharajganj in Uttar Pradesh. It’s worth noting that Mahrajganj is more than 200 kilometres away from Bahraich.
The Nichlaul police also confirmed that the incident took place in their area and that some arrests had been made in this case.
Thus, it is clear that this video does not show the violence that took place on October 13 in Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh.
(Written by Abhishek Pathak)
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