

{"id":305413,"date":"2025-09-24T09:42:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T04:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=305413"},"modified":"2026-05-07T11:01:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T05:31:05","slug":"man-seen-removing-drain-cover-in-viral-cctv-footage-from-mumbai-is-not-a-muslim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/man-seen-removing-drain-cover-in-viral-cctv-footage-from-mumbai-is-not-a-muslim\/","title":{"rendered":"Man seen removing drain cover in viral CCTV footage from Mumbai is not a Muslim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A 36-second video, which appears to be CCTV footage, is going viral, which shows a man stepping out of an auto-rickshaw and forcefully wrenching open an iron grating or a manhole cover from the roadside. It is claimed that the man destroying public infrastructure is an illegal Bangladeshi named Sheik Nazarul.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">X user Baba Banaras (@RealBababanaras) shared the video claiming that Sheik Nazarul had been arrested. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/UayuX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Thanks to CCTV, this illegal Bangladeshi Sheik Nazarul was caught and arrested. They are digging the infrastructure of our country. They are eating our economy. They should be thrown out of our country. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/96yU2Wmfi3\">pic.twitter.com\/96yU2Wmfi3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Baba Banaras\u2122 (@RealBababanaras) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealBababanaras\/status\/1970325020628127965?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The post has garnered over 60,000 views.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another X account, The Frontal Force (@FrontalForce), shared the video with similar claims on September 23, 2025. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/z8c4R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Thanks to CCTV, this illegal Bangladeshi Sheik Nazarul was caught and arrested. They are digging the infrastructure of our country. They are eating our economy &amp; should be thrown out of our country. \ud83d\ude21 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E4BPBYXNw6\">pic.twitter.com\/E4BPBYXNw6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Frontalforce \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@FrontalForce) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrontalForce\/status\/1970330727100428445?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The post has accumulated over 4,00,000 views.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another account named Eminent Intellectual (@totalwoke2) shared the video with the caption: \u201cThe 0.5 front\u201d. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8216;0.5 Front&#8217; is a cryptic reference to former Army chief <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/army-prepared-for-two-and-a-half-front-war-gen-rawat\/article18867921.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General Bipin Rawat&#8217;s 2017 remark<\/a> that the Indian Army was prepared for two and a half-front war. By 2.5 front, he meant wars with Pakistan and China and internal security threats. The Right Wing often uses this &#8216;0.5 front&#8217; terminology to refer to Muslims.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-305432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-23-221922.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-23-221922.png 807w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-23-221922-273x300.png 273w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-23-221922-768x844.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">The post has received approximately 1 million views.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Several other social media users have also shared the footage with similar claims.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-305413 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><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\/man-seen-removing-drain-cover-in-viral-cctv-footage-from-mumbai-is-not-a-muslim\/pasted-image-2-27\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"443\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/09\/Pasted-image-2-4.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/09\/Pasted-image-2-4.png 443w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/09\/Pasted-image-2-4-300x295.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure 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href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/man-seen-removing-drain-cover-in-viral-cctv-footage-from-mumbai-is-not-a-muslim\/pasted-image-4-24\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"443\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/09\/Pasted-image-4-3.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/09\/Pasted-image-4-3.png 443w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/09\/Pasted-image-4-3-300x295.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/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\/man-seen-removing-drain-cover-in-viral-cctv-footage-from-mumbai-is-not-a-muslim\/pasted-image-5-23\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"443\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/09\/Pasted-image-5-3.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/09\/Pasted-image-5-3.png 443w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/09\/Pasted-image-5-3-300x295.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/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\/man-seen-removing-drain-cover-in-viral-cctv-footage-from-mumbai-is-not-a-muslim\/pasted-image-6-21\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"443\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/09\/Pasted-image-6-2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/09\/Pasted-image-6-2.png 443w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/09\/Pasted-image-6-2-300x295.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is important to note that both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?s=Baba+Banaras\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baba Banaras<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?s=Frontal+Force\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Frontal Force<\/a> have been found by Alt News disseminating misinformation and communal propaganda several times in the past.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Fact Check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To verify the authenticity of the claim, we first tried to locate the place of occurrence. A keyword search led us to an X post made by media outlet Local Tak on August 29, 2025, which had the same video. And in the caption, the location was mentioned as Aaram Nagar in Andheri West, Mumbai.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8 Man Caught Breaking Drain Cover in Andheri West, Public at Risk \ud83d\ude21<\/p>\n<p>Shocking visuals from Andheri West\u2019s Aaram Nagar show a man arriving in an auto, breaking a metal drain cover and leaving it wide open within minutes. \ud83d\ude20 Residents say such reckless acts endanger lives and\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JYQNiqYhXn\">pic.twitter.com\/JYQNiqYhXn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LocalTak\u2122 (@localtak) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/localtak\/status\/1961362615688728590?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Taking a cue from this, we looked for the FIR copy and found that a complaint in this regard had been registered at Versova police station, which had jurisdiction over the Aram Nagar area. The complaint was filed on August 28, 2025, by Vicky Shyamlal Sharma, a junior engineer <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">with the roads department of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/09\/0703-Publish-FIR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FIR<\/a>, on August 28, Sharma reported to work at 10:30 am, and around 12:30 pm, while inspecting the area near a hotel on J P Road, Andheri West, Mumbai, he and his colleagues noticed that five iron gratings of 2ft x 1.5ft dimension belonging to municipal corporation were missing from the roadside drains. They searched the area, which yielded nothing, confirming that the iron gratings had been stolen. Sharma mentioned that the total cost of the five iron gratings was approximately Rs 65,000.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Following this, we contacted Versova Police. Inspector Deepshikha Vare confirmed to Alt News that the man seen in the CCTV footage had been arrested on August 29, 2025, and was in judicial custody. His name was <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amarjit Bikhari Kamati. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The officer shared further details of the case with us. The accused, Kamati, 30, was a resident of Goregaon West, Mumbai. He was booked under BNS 303 (2) (theft). Police had recovered all the five iron gratings from him. Remand papers shared by Versova Police with Alt News confirm that neither is the accused&#8217;s name Sheik Nazarul, nor is he a Bangladeshi.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-305420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-23-at-8.06.09-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-23-at-8.06.09-PM.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-23-at-8.06.09-PM-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-23-at-8.06.09-PM-576x1024.jpeg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To sum up, the man seen in the video removing a drain cover from the roadside was falsely identified as Sheik Nazarul. In the incident reported from Aram Nagar in Mumbai&#8217;s Versova police station area, the accused has been identified as Amarjit Bikhari Kamati, a resident of Goregaon West, Mumbai. He has been arrested. The claims made by the social media account are false. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 36-second video, which appears to be CCTV footage, is going viral, which shows a man stepping out of an auto-rickshaw and forcefully wrenching open an iron grating or a manhole cover from the roadside. It is claimed that the man destroying public infrastructure is an illegal Bangladeshi named Sheik Nazarul. 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