A video has gone viral across social media, which shows a heated argument between a police officer and a Muslim man. The video went viral after the Congress landslide victory on May 13 in the Karnataka assembly elections as it won 135 seats defeating the BJP in the state.
The man in the viral video is a magician by profession who performed illusions to trick people as if he was actually flying. The viral video does not suggest any role of Yoga in the video.
The Logical Indian fact-check team verified the claim and found it misleading as it is cropped from a 2021 public address of Rahul Gandhi at a rally in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
We found that the viral images are not from the context of the Karnataka assembly elections. The images are from different contexts dating back to 2017.
While sharing a video, people on social media claimed that votes were cast unlawfully and demanded re-election or disqualification of the elected Congress MLA.
The incident took place 3 years ago when a Hindu woman publically thrashed a Muslim man for harrasing her. Though the viral video is from Karnataka, but it has nothing to do with the movie ‘The Kerala Story’.
We found that the flag unfurled in Bhatkal, Karnataka, was an Islamic flag and not a Pakistani flag. The viral claim is false.
Shaji, the man in the viral video, is a Christian, and there was no communal element involved in this case. The viral claim is false.
While sharing this image, people on social media claimed that the image showed that Kohli appreciated Congress leader Rahul Gandhi following the results of the elections. The Logical Indian fact check team verified the viral claim.
The viral video is scripted and made for entertainment purposes. The original video was uploaded back in May 2021 on a YouTube channel named “Maithili Bazar”.
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