On May 4th, 2023, Pawan Boxer, a Congress supporter and former State Secretary of NSUI, shared a viral video on Twitter showing several men firing guns on the road at night. In his post, Pawan Boxer claimed that the incident occurred in Manipur and blamed Modi’s “double engine” government for the violence. He accused the government of not doing enough to prevent such incidents. Pawan Boxer’s post included a provocative question, “Now Dalal media and Modi devotees should tell that which opposition and leaders had gone here to provoke?” implying that the Modi government always blames their political opponents for any kind of violence in the country without realizing their own responsibility. He also used the hashtag #ManipurOnFire, suggesting that the entire state is engulfed in violence.
Moreover, Congress MP Jairam Ramesh also retweeted Pawan Boxer’s tweet in which he shared the viral video.
Advocate and INC supporter Manish Kumar shared the viral video, blaming the BJP government for completely ruining Manipur. He also used the hashtag #ManipurOnFire.
Apart from this, Manmohan Yadav who is a Samajwadi supporter, Ahmad, and INC supporter Sanjay Vishwakarma also shared the viral video with the same claims.
In this fact-check article, we will delve into the veracity of the above claims and examine whether the video is from Manipur or not.
Fact Check
Our investigation into the viral video led us to perform a reverse video search, which led us to a similar video posted on the Instagram account “threatty.” The video featured the same visuals as the viral video. However, we were stunned to discover that the video had been posted on July 5, 2020, in paid partnership with another account called aexairsoftextreme.” This revelation proved that the video is approx 3 years old.
Hence, this proves that the viral video had nothing to do with the recent violence in Manipur. This means that the claims made by Pawan Boxer, Jairam Ramesh, Manish Kumar, and others are completetly misleading.
| Claim | the viral shooting video is from Manipur |
| Claimed by | Pawan Boxer, Jairam Mahesh, Manish kumar, etc |
| Fact Check | False and Misleading |
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