{"id":173449,"date":"2023-12-30T14:32:29","date_gmt":"2023-12-30T09:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=173449"},"modified":"2023-12-30T14:32:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T09:02:29","slug":"goons-extorting-christmas-donations-in-kerala-no-its-a-scripted-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/goons-extorting-christmas-donations-in-kerala-no-its-a-scripted-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Goons extorting Christmas donations in Kerala? No, it&#8217;s a scripted video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A clip of an altercation between a man sitting inside a car and a group of alleged goons is viral on social media. At the end of the clip, the man is dragged out of the car by these &#8216;goons&#8217; and beaten up. Former BJYM national secretary Anoop Antony shared the clip and claimed that the alleged goons who were &#8216;high on drugs and alcohol&#8217; had been extorting money in the name of Christmas donations and such rackets were being &#8216;fostered Kerala&#8217;s Left ecosystem&#8217;. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.vn\/2023.12.28-182546\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnoopKaippalli\/status\/1739985572561813847?t=Y7rnEVQ28N28UhPEvPSCQw&amp;s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Christmas spirit choked by extortion rackets fostered by Kerala&#8217;s Left ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>High on drugs and alchohol, goons are forcefully extorting money in the name of Christmas donation!<\/p>\n<p>Kerala turned into a hub of drugs by the Left, holding the youth captive for their political\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0t1D566hXR\">pic.twitter.com\/0t1D566hXR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anoop Antony (@AnoopKaippalli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnoopKaippalli\/status\/1739985572561813847?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The clip has also been shared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=1121547782592666\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> with the claim that the video shows an actual incident. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0JtSxcNnkDQ7NZc9aQiQyLxfxywAEiVcgdzX3KA1e41R39ndCsMT2twyb3dTTVjinl&amp;id=100073375293146\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A user<\/a> claimed that the alleged goons belonged to the political organisation Democratic Youth Federation of India.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-173449 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/goons-extorting-christmas-donations-in-kerala-no-its-a-scripted-video\/chrome_ywv5iesd8x\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1013\" height=\"1194\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/chrome_Ywv5IeSD8x.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/chrome_Ywv5IeSD8x.jpg 1013w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/chrome_Ywv5IeSD8x-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/chrome_Ywv5IeSD8x-869x1024.jpg 869w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/chrome_Ywv5IeSD8x-768x905.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1013px) 100vw, 1013px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/goons-extorting-christmas-donations-in-kerala-no-its-a-scripted-video\/chrome_pb13z6ovxo\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2507\" height=\"1107\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/chrome_pb13Z6OvXO.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/chrome_pb13Z6OvXO.jpg 2507w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/chrome_pb13Z6OvXO-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/chrome_pb13Z6OvXO-1024x452.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/chrome_pb13Z6OvXO-768x339.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/chrome_pb13Z6OvXO-1536x678.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/chrome_pb13Z6OvXO-2048x904.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2507px) 100vw, 2507px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Fact Check<\/h4>\n<p>We noticed the viral video had the text &#8216;Sujith Ramachandra&#8217; imposed on it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-173495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Untitled-design-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1163\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Untitled-design-13.jpg 1163w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Untitled-design-13-182x300.jpg 182w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Untitled-design-13-620x1024.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Untitled-design-13-768x1268.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Untitled-design-13-930x1536.jpg 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1163px) 100vw, 1163px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We found Sujith Ramachandran&#8217;s account on Facebook and discovered that Ramachandran had uploaded the same video on December 26. The caption had a disclaimer which stated that the video was staged and was made for awareness purposes. Ramachandran acknowledged the actors featured in the viral video for their performances while crediting himself for the direction. Below is a translation of the caption, which is written in Malayalam.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;A youth who travelled from Kadal (Kadakkal) to Kulathupuzha with his family met with an unfortunate incident at the Ondupacha location \ud83d\ude25 In Frame: Jishnu, Mazhavil, Surjith, Biju, Siddhique, Noushad, Mahesh, Vijayan Kadakkal, Jyothish &amp; Pichu In Direction: Sujith Ramachandran Disclaimer: Created video for awareness purpose&#8221;&#8216;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sujith.ramachandran.54\/videos\/3719659294941500\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sujith.ramachandran.54\/videos\/3719659294941500\/\"><p>\u0d28\u0d3e\u0d1f\u0d4a\u0d1f\u0d4d\u0d1f\u0d41\u0d15\u0d4d\u0d15\u0d41 \u0d2a\u0d3f\u0d30\u0d3f\u0d35\u0d4d!<\/p>\n<p>\u0d15\u0d1f\u0d15\u0d4d\u0d15\u0d7d \u0d28\u0d3f\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d28\u0d4d \u0d15\u0d41\u0d33\u0d24\u0d4d\u0d24\u0d41\u0d2a\u0d4d\u0d2a\u0d41\u0d34\u0d15\u0d4d\u0d15\u0d4d \u0d15\u0d41\u0d1f\u0d41\u0d02\u0d2c\u0d35\u0d41\u0d2e\u0d3e\u0d2f\u0d3f \u0d38\u0d1e\u0d4d\u0d1a\u0d30\u0d3f\u0d1a\u0d4d\u0d1a \u0d2f\u0d41\u0d35\u0d3e\u0d35\u0d3f\u0d28\u0d4d \u0d13\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d24\u0d41\u0d2a\u0d1a\u0d4d\u0d1a \u0d0e\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d28 \u0d38\u0d4d\u0d25\u0d32\u0d24\u0d4d\u0d24\u0d41 \u0d35\u0d46\u0d1a\u0d4d\u0d1a\u0d4d \u0d38\u0d02\u0d2d\u0d35\u0d3f\u0d1a\u0d4d\u0d1a\u0d24\u0d4d \ud83d\ude25<\/p>\n<p>\u0d05\u0d30\u0d19\u0d4d\u0d19\u0d3f\u0d7d : \u0d1c\u0d3f\u0d37\u0d4d\u0d23\u0d41 \u0d2e\u0d34\u0d35\u0d3f\u0d32\u0d4d\u0d32\u0d4d , \u0d38\u0d41\u0d7c\u0d1c\u0d3f\u0d24\u0d4d, \u0d2c\u0d48\u0d1c\u0d41, \u0d38\u0d3f\u0d26\u0d4d\u0d27\u0d40\u0d16\u0d4d, \u0d28\u0d57\u0d37\u0d3e\u0d26\u0d4d, \u0d2e\u0d39\u0d47\u0d37\u0d4d\u200c, \u0d35\u0d3f\u0d1c\u0d2f\u0d7b \u0d15\u0d1f\u0d15\u0d4d\u0d15\u0d7d, \u0d1c\u0d4d\u0d2f\u0d4b\u0d24\u0d3f\u0d37\u0d4d &amp; \u0d2a\u0d3f\u0d1a\u0d4d\u0d1a\u0d41<\/p>\n<p>\u0d05\u0d23\u0d3f\u0d2f\u0d31\u0d2f\u0d3f\u0d7d :\u0d38\u0d41\u0d1c\u0d3f\u0d24\u0d4d \u0d30\u0d3e\u0d2e\u0d1a\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d26\u0d4d\u0d30\u0d7b<\/p>\n<p>Disclimer : Created video for awareness purpose<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sujith.ramachandran.54\">Sujith Ramachandran<\/a> on Tuesday, 26 December 2023<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>He also uploaded a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=7205878192811406&amp;set=a.374817602584200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">selfie<\/a> with the team who worked on the video.\u00a0Below is a side-by-side comparison of a keyframe from the viral video alongside the selfie, clearly showing the same individuals dressed in identical attire.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-173496\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/CLAIM-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/CLAIM-2-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/CLAIM-2-1-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/CLAIM-2-1-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/CLAIM-2-1-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ramachandran, accompanied by three actors from the viral video, issued a video statement addressing the widespread circulation of their content in various WhatsApp groups. They said that despite a disclaimer, the video was being falsely presented as an authentic incident, leading to some individuals politicizing it by giving it a communal twist. He reiterated that the video was scripted.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sujith.ramachandran.54\/videos\/1117246999161287\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sujith.ramachandran.54\/videos\/1117246999161287\/\"><p>&#8216;\u0d38\u0d24\u0d4d\u0d2f\u0d02 \u0d1a\u0d46\u0d30\u0d41\u0d2a\u0d4d\u0d2a\u0d3f\u0d1f\u0d4d\u0d1f\u0d4d \u0d24\u0d41\u0d1f\u0d19\u0d4d\u0d19\u0d41\u0d2e\u0d4d\u0d2a\u0d4b\u0d7e \u0d28\u0d41\u0d23 \u0d32\u0d4b\u0d15\u0d02 \u0d1a\u0d41\u0d31\u0d4d\u0d31\u0d3f\u0d2f\u0d3f\u0d30\u0d3f\u0d15\u0d4d\u0d15\u0d41\u0d02 &#8216;<\/p>\n<p>\u0d15\u0d4d\u0d30\u0d3f\u0d38\u0d4d\u0d2e\u0d38\u0d4d \u0d2a\u0d3f\u0d30\u0d3f\u0d35\u0d4d \u0d0e\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d28 \u0d2a\u0d47\u0d30\u0d3f\u0d7d DYFI \u0d15\u0d4d\u0d15\u0d4d \u0d0e\u0d24\u0d3f\u0d30\u0d46\u0d2f\u0d41\u0d02 \u0d15\u0d4a\u0d32\u0d4d\u0d32\u0d02 \u0d1c\u0d3f\u0d32\u0d4d\u0d32\u0d15\u0d3e\u0d7c\u0d15\u0d4d\u0d15\u0d46\u0d24\u0d3f\u0d30\u0d46\u0d2f\u0d41\u0d02 \u0d0e\u0d21\u0d3f\u0d31\u0d4d\u0d31\u0d4d\u200c \u0d1a\u0d46\u0d2f\u0d4d\u0d24\u0d41 \u0d2a\u0d4d\u0d30\u0d1a\u0d30\u0d3f\u0d15\u0d4d\u0d15\u0d41\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d28 \u0d35\u0d40\u0d21\u0d3f\u0d2f\u0d4b\u0d2f\u0d41\u0d1f\u0d46 \u0d38\u0d24\u0d4d\u0d2f\u0d3e\u0d35\u0d38\u0d4d\u0d25<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sujith.ramachandran.54\">Sujith Ramachandran<\/a> on Wednesday, 27 December 2023<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hence, a scripted video of an altercation was circulated online as real. The former BJYM National Secretary, Anoop Antony, tweeted the video and claimed that such &#8216;extortion rackets&#8217; were being fostered by in Kerala and blamed the Left government for it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A clip of an altercation between a man sitting inside a car and a group of alleged goons is viral on social media. At the end of the clip, the man is dragged out of the car by these &#8216;goons&#8217; and beaten up. 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