A video is going viral on social media showing a mosque-like structure being demolished with a bulldozer. This video is being shared with the claim that it is from India, where an illegal mosque has been demolished.
Sharing the video, the handle Radio Genoa wrote, “Bulldozers in India demolish illegal mosques.” (archived link)
Bulldozers in India demolish illegal mosques. pic.twitter.com/mkTZqQll6d
— RadioGenoa (@RadioGenoa) March 10, 2025
Preet Ahru stated, “Be careful, be alert. Bulldozers are used openly.” (archived link)
सावधान रहिये, सतर्क रहिये
— Preet Ahru (@Preet_Ahru) March 11, 2025
खुलेआम बुल्डोजर, चलाये जाते है । जय हिंदू 😡 pic.twitter.com/ApSJtkBsaN
Crazy world wrote, “Bulldozers in India demolish illegal mosques.” (archived link)
🇮🇳Bulldozers in India demolish illegal mosques. pic.twitter.com/WKD7amLmeg
— Crazy World (@discovery_382) March 11, 2025
The video was also shared by other handles like Prince Edward (archived link), GSST (archived link), and E.J. Bron (archived link) with the same claim.
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Fact Check
In our fact check, we performed a reverse image search on keyframes from the viral video. During this process, we found a similar video on a YouTube channel named Heru Bakmal, where a structure resembling the one in the viral video was being demolished. The caption of this video mentioned the location as Hibisc Fantasy Puncak.
We then searched for Hibisc Fantasy Puncak on Google and found that it is a tourist site in Indonesia.
Apart from this, we found another demolition video on a different YouTube channel, March 9, which showed structures of a theme park being demolished. At 2 minutes and 49 seconds, we found a frame showing the same structure being torn down by a bulldozer.
The description of this video was in the Bahasa language, which, when translated, stated:
“Kang Dedi Mulyadi’s steps to overcome flooding: restoring forest function as a water catchment area and not littering.”
Taking hints from all this, we then conducted a keyword search and found a CNBC report. In this report, we found an exact keyframe matching the one from the second video in our fact check. We also discovered that this theme park is Hibisc Fantasy Puncak, which is located in Indonesia.
According to this report, Hibisc Fantasy Puncak is built on land owned by PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN), a state-owned plantation company.
The demolition of the Hibisc Fantasy Puncak tourist site was primarily due to violations of spatial planning regulations and environmental concerns. West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi ordered the demolition of 25 unauthorized buildings in the theme park after it was found that the construction exceeded the permitted area and was built on land designated for tea plantations.
Additionally, this development was linked to exacerbating recent flash floods in the area, which prompted immediate action to prevent further environmental degradation.
In conclusion, the video of the demolition of mosque-like structure in an Indonesian theme park was falsely attributed to India with claims that an illegal mosque was bulldozed.
| Claim | The mosque like structure was demolished in India. |
| Claimed by | Social media users |
| Fact Check | The video of the demolition of the mosque-like structure is from Hibisc Fantasy Puncak, a tourist site in Indonesia, where it was built illegally on land owned by PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN), which is designated for tea plantations. |
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