Tuesday, February 11th, 2025

Fact Check: No mosque found during excavation in Sambhal, video of stepwell goes viral with misleading claim


New Delhi: A video from Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh is going viral on social media. While sharing this video, users are claiming that while searching for the temple in Sambhal, they have found the mosque. Let’s know the truth of the viral video?

What are the claims of the users?

A video was found on social media on a YouTube channel named @islamishorts78. While sharing this, the user wrote – Found a mosque in Sambhal.

Many other users have also shared such posts. In which it was claimed that they were looking for a temple in Sambhal but instead found a mosque.

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Was a mosque really found in Sambhal?

When Sajjag’s team investigated the claim that the building excavated in Sambhal was a mosque, the truth came to the fore that no mosque was found in the excavation there. A stepwell has been found there. When Sajjag’s team checked the video through reverse image to investigate the viral video, it was found that the building shown in the viral video is a stepwell and not a mosque. After that the alert team A report by ABP News Found. In which it was told that a 150 year old stepwell has been found in Chandausi of Sambhal.

After that, on searching the keyword Sambhal Bawdi on YouTube, many news report Found. In which it was told that this stepwell was found in Chandausi.

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After that a YouTube video of Amar Ujala was found. In which it was told that the stepwell of Sambhal has focused people’s attention towards itself.

There itself presswire18 Times A report was also received. In which it was told that the ASI has banned the excavation of a 150-year-old stepwell in Chandausi town of Sambhal because the walls of the stepwell are weak and there is a danger of collapse.

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In all the media reports and video reports available on Google, there is no mention of a mosque being found during excavations in Sambhal.

conclusion: The claim of finding a mosque in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, turned out to be misleading in Sajag’s investigation. Not a mosque but a stepwell has been found in Chandausi of Sambhal. Which users are sharing as a mosque.

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