Old ‘BBC’ report on 2020 Delhi riots is linked to recent Tripura communal violence - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
November 3, 2021
A video is being shared on social media claiming it as the ‘BBC’ News telecast of the recent communal violence in Tripura. This video shows police personnel hitting protestors. In the wake of recent communal violence in Tripura, this video is being shared on social media. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: The ‘BBC’ news telecast video reporting the communal violence in Tripura.
Fact: The video shared in the post shows an old ‘BBC’ news report related to the Delhi riots in 2020. This video shows Delhi police lathi-charge on anti-CAA protestors. This video has nothing to do with the recent Tripura communal violence. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
On observing the video carefully, from 2:26 minutes of the video, we could hear the ‘BBC’ journalist reporting that the incident had taken place in Delhi and Delhi police were not responding to the allegations of lathi-charge on protestors. Also, we could see ‘थाना खजुरी खास’ written on the police station building seen in the video. ‘Khajoori Khas’ is a neighbourhood in the North-Eastern part of Delhi.
On reverse image search of the screenshots using these keywords, a video with similar visuals was found in a tweet made by the ‘BBC’ news channel on 03 March 2020. ‘BBC’ reported it as an investigation report on Delhi police lathi-charge on anti-CAA protestors in Delhi. The ‘BBC’ reported it as the distressing visuals of Delhi police joining Hindu extremists and throwing stones at Muslim protestors in Delhi. ‘BBC’ published multiple videos with similar visuals, reporting it as the visuals from the Delhi riots in 2020. They can be seen here and here.
The BBC has found Delhi police acted along Hindu rioters during a wave of attack on Muslims last week. Police in the capital are coming under increasing pressure as allegations of complicity in the clashes emerge. An investigation by @yogital, @shaluyadavbbc & @NickWoolley1234 pic.twitter.com/i6oSmpkP1r
Sharing similar visuals of the incident, the ‘BBC’ published an article on 04 March 2020. The ‘BBC’ website had also reported the recent communal violence in Tripura. But, the video shared in the post is related to the 2020 Delhi riots, not from Tripura.
To sum it up, an old ‘BBC’ report on the 2020 Delhi riots is shared as visuals of ‘BBC’ reporting the communal violence in Tripura.