Fact Check: Old video of Delhi Police viral with misleading claim, truth in investigation

New Delhi: On March 14, the festival of Holi was celebrated across the country and the prayers of Zuma were also read. Extensive security arrangements were made in some sensitive districts including Sambhal, so that any untoward incident could be avoided. Now a video is going viral on social media. It is being claimed with the video that the people who were offering prayers on the road were removed by the police misbehaving, but the police did nothing on the mosque in Aligarh. In the investigation of the vigilant team, the claim being made with the video was found to be misleading.

What is claim on social media?

In the video shared on social media, some people of Muslim society are offering prayers on the road. Then a policeman comes and kicks and starts removing people. Along with this video, a video of people dancing in front of the mosque in Aligarh has also been put on Holi.

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Sharing the video on X (Twitter), Tariq Anwar Champarani wrote, ‘On the day of Zuma, the people who were offering prayers on the roadside were picked up by the police. At the time of Zuma in Aligarh, he/she is playing Holi in front of the mosque. If you do not take care of the faith of others, then your sensation is dead. ‘ See post-

Similar claims with the video have been made by many X handles including Dabol News and Adil Jeevan. Watch tweet-

What is the truth?

To know the truth of this video that is going viral on social media, we searched it with the help of Google lens. In the search, we found an old tweet from AIMIM President and Lok Sabha MP from Hyderabad, Asaduddin Owaisi, which has screenshots of the same video, which is currently viral on social media.

Owaisi wrote in his/her post on 9 March 2024 that the accused policeman was suspended, but hatred against Islam has now become common. See Owaisi’s tweet-

Even the investigation revealed that this video of the policeman who misbehaved with the people who were offering Namaz is almost a year old. Now we searched the matter with the respective keywords on Google for further investigation. In the search, we found links to some news, in which it is said that the case is from Delhi and the incident is from March 2024. The accused policeman in the case was suspended.

Found in search The news of Times of India of 8 March 2024 According to, a sub-inspector in Delhi has been suspended for misbehaving with people offering Namaz. The incident took place on Friday near Inderlok Metro Station in North Delhi. People were reciting Namaz on the roadside due to less space in the mosque.

In the video, the sub-inspector is seen kicking the people who are offering prayers. After the incident, the local people protested and blocked the road. Police has increased security in the area. DCP (North) MK Meena said that the police post incharge seen in the video has been suspended with immediate effect. Disciplinary action is also being taken against him/her.

This information related to video is to us of 8 March 2024 Till today, NDTV And Dainik Jagran Also found in the news of It is clear that the video shared on social media is one year old and action was also taken in the case.

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conclusion

Questions are being raised by sharing a video on social media that the police raised the people who were offering prayers on the road. In the investigation of the alert team, it was found that this video is old and is from Delhi, the capital of the country. The accused sub -inspector in the case was suspended. The video is being misleading on social media.