This video does not show farmers in India standing on the Indian flag and damaging it - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
January 27, 2021
A video is being shared widely on social media with a claim that it shows Indian farmers standing on the Indian national flag and damaging it. In the video, it can be heard that the people are making ‘Khalistan Zindabad’ slogans. Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of Indian farmers standing on the Indian flag and damaging it.
Fact: The video was shot in Sacramento in California (US). The people in the video damaged the Indian flag as a protest against India for ‘1984 Sikh Genocide’. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
In the posted video, a profile ID – ‘amanvir_singh5’ can be seen on the top-left corner. So, when we searched with that name on the internet, it was found that a TikTok profile exists with that same ID. On looking through that profile, a similar video (archived) was found to be uploaded by him. The Sikh man (same shirt and turban) in the video can be seen in the posted video. The video can be watched here.
In one of his previous videos, ‘amanvir_singh5’ asks people to assemble at ‘7609 Wilbur Way, Sacramento, CA 95828’ on ‘25 January 2021 – Monday – 11 am’ to protest against India for the ‘1984 Sikh Genocide’.
On looking at the mentioned address on Google Street View, it was confirmed that the posted video was taken at the address mentioned by ‘amanvir_singh5’ in his video. Hence, we can conclude that the video was not taken in India. It was shot in California (US).  Below is the comparison in the similarities of the visuals shared in the post and the Google Street Video.
Also, ‘amanvir_singh5’ has posted a video on his profile on 07 January 2021 saying that he will be burning the Indian flag, which he ordered on the Amazon website. A Twitter user has tagged Jeff Bezos and Amazon and asked them not to deliver the flag, and tagged Tik Tok with a request to ban ‘amanvir_singh5’ account for spreading hate and disrespecting the Indian flag. Even in the Amazon order details, it is written – “Ship to: Amanvir – Bakersfield, CA”.
To sum it up, the posted video does not show farmers in India standing on the Indian flag and damaging it. The video was shot in California (US).