A video going viral on social media (here, here, and here) shows a man waving a gun and shouting abuses on a street, while another person attacks a building with a stick. The post claims the man with the gun is a Muslim who attacked a Hindu family’s house in Meerut. Let’s verify the claim made in the post through this article.
Claim: A video shows a Muslim man waving a gun and shouting abuses on a street and attacking a Hindu family’s house in Meerut.
Fact: The incident seen in the video took place on 07 November 2024 in Mohalla Kamra Nawaban, Sardhana, Meerut and involved a dispute over parking between a Tata Magic driver and bike riders. After the driver asked the youths to move, they beat him and fired at his house. The Sardhana police confirmed that both the accused and the victim are from the Muslim community. Hence, the claim made in the post is Misleading.
A reverse image search of keyframes from the viral video led to several reports (here and here) (archived here and here) covering this incident. According to reports, the dispute occurred on 07 November 2024 over parking in Mohalla Kamra Nawaban, Sardhana, Meerut, between a Tata Magic driver and bike riders. The driver had asked the youths to move, after which they beat him up and fired at his house.
We accessed the FIR copy related to this case which revealed that both the accused and victims are Muslims, which confirmed that there is no religious angle involved.
We also contacted the Sardhana police station and they confirmed that both the accused and the victim in the case are from the Muslim community.
To sum up, a video of a man waving a gun and shouting abuses in Meerut is being shared with a false communal narrative.
