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No proof yetTrick: Guilty by linkThe video shows a brief scuffle involving a man in a skullcap, but there is no evidence to confirm his actual religious identity or that he was inciting riots. The footage alone does not establish what led to the confrontation or the man's motives, and the provided reports do not mention this specific incident.
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What we checked
🔎 Our read of the video
From the video alone, a brief scuffle is visible in a crowd, but it is not clear what led to the confrontation or whether the man in the skullcap was inciting riots as claimed.
- 0:07 A brief physical scuffle is visible as men in the crowd push and shove each other around the man in the skullcap.
How it tries to persuade you
It wants you to think: "Right-wing Hindus routinely disguise themselves as Muslims to orchestrate communal violence and frame the minority community."
Even if an individual's identity or actions were verified, one person's alleged act says nothing about the millions who share that identity, and investigators have not established any such conspiracy.
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