Unrelated video is falsely shared as goons attacking Muslims after watching ‘The Kashmir Files’ movie - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
March 25, 2022
A video is being shared on social media with a claim that it shows goons attacking Muslims after watching ‘The Kashmir Files’ movie. The video is being shared in the context of a section of people alleging that the movie is propaganda against Muslims. Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video shows goons attacking Muslims after watching ‘The Kashmir Files’ movie.
Fact: The incident in the video happened in Surat and is not related to ‘The Kashmir Files’ movie. Most of the accused in the incident are Muslims. So, there is no communal angle to the incident. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When the screenshots of the video were run through Google Reverse Image Search, similar visuals were found to be published by some news portals. They can be seen here and here. In the ‘News18 – Gujarati’ article, it can be read that the incident happened in the Salabatpura Police Station area of Surat. The violence reportedly happened due to a conflict between the shopkeeper and the attackers.
The FIR filed on the incident can be seen here. If one looks at the names of the accused in the FIR, it can be found that most of them are Muslims. So, there is no communal angle to the incident. The same has been confirmed to ‘India Today’ by the Surat Police. Also, the incident is not related to ‘The Kashmir Files’ movie.
To sum it up, an unrelated video from Surat is being shared as goons attacking Muslims after watching ‘The Kashmir Files’ movie.