On July 31st, a religious procession arranged by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad encountered a distressing confrontation in Nuh, Haryana, where nearly 4000 Hindus were participating. Unfortunately, the peaceful event became the target of aggression from an Islamist mob, causing a tense and hostage-like situation for the trapped Hindu devotees. Amidst the ongoing violence, certain Islamist propagandists resorted to spreading misinformation by circulating an old video featuring Monu Manesar, a Gau Rakshak and Bajrang Dal activist. They falsely claimed that Monu was present at the Jalabhishek Yatra on Shravan Somvar, using this as a supposed justification for the outbreak of violence. However, this claim has been proven false, and the old video was shared to blame Monu for the turmoil.
The propagandists have now emerged with yet another video in an attempt to target Monu. An extremist known for spreading fake news, Kashif Arsalan, shared a video of a rally in which Monu had participated. Sharing the video, Kashif wrote, “The Haryana Police and Rajasthan Police are not able to catch the terrorist Monu Manesar alias (Mohit Yadav), the killer of Nasir and Junaid. And in the name of religious rally, he is instigating the crowd to carry out a riot.”
Social Activist Haji Mehardeen Rangrez and Twitter User @/mustaque_ joined Kashif Arsalan in sharing rally video of Monu Manesar, alleging his involvement in recent violence.
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Fact Check
In the start of our research, in order to determine whether the video shared by Kashif Arsalan is old or recent, we searched for Monu Manesar’s official social media profiles on different platforms. However, identifying his legitimate account proved challenging, as several fan pages and parody profiles currently exists on social media platforms.
Subsequently, we turned our attention to Shrikant Pandit, an associate of Monu, and examined his social media accounts. On Shrikant Pandit’s Facebook profile, we discovered that the rally video shared by Kashif was originally posted on February 16, 2023.
A day prior to the rally that took place in Pataudi, Shrikant Pandit, an associate of Monu Manesar, made a post on his social media inviting his followers to participate in the upcoming event. The post served as an invitation, encouraging people to join the rally.
The claim that Monu Manesar is presently involved in organizing religious rallies to incite violence among his followers has been found to be entirely misleading. Upon thorough research, it has been confirmed that all the videos circulating on social media, alleging his presence at recent events, are outdated and not from current occurrences.
| Claim | Monu Manesar is organizing rallies to incite violence |
| Claimed by | Kashif Arsalan, Haji Mehardeen Rangrez and Twitter user |
| Fact Check | Misleading |
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