'Islam Zindabad' Video Shared by Tarek Fatah With False Claim, Kolkata Police Initiates Action After Fake Claims Accusing Mamata Banerjee Govt

Mumbai, August 28: A video clip was being widely shared on social media where a group of Muslim men can be seen gathered on the streets and chants of 'Islam Zindabad' can be heard blaring in the background. The clip went viral after Tarek Fatah, a Pakistani-Canadian journalist, an author shared on Twitter with the message 'This is not Karachi, Kashmir or Kerala. No, this chant of “Islam Zindabad” is being raised in Kolkata, the capital city of Mamata Banerjee-ruled WestBengal'.

However, on a close look, it can be seen that the procession is not from the streets of West Bengal. Latestly did a fact check and found that the video clip is from the streets of Bangladesh and not West Bengal. Bangladesh flag, as well as policemen in uniform from the country, can be seen in the video. So, while the incident looks true, but the claim that the video is from Kolkata is false. Islamic Studies Part of UPSC Syllabus? IPS Association Refutes Fake News Going Viral on Social Media After Sudarshan News Report; Check Complete Syllabus.

Here's the tweet by Tarek Fatah: 

Few Twitterati also pointed out to Tarek Fatah that video is from Bangladesh:

Kolkata Police has also taken note of the incident and they have shared the same informing that legal action has been initiated against the person spreading the fake news.

Here's what Kolkata police tweeted

This is not the first time that Tarek Fatah has shared a fake video. Around two weeks back, he had shared another fake video clipping with a claim that Pakistani's uprooting trees in order to better the practice of "killing infidel kaafirs". The claim made in the video was false.

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