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Jain has tweeted this with the message, \u201c<em>\u092e\u0924\u0926\u093e\u0928 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0906\u092f\u0940 \u090f\u0915 \u0938\u0941\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0930 \u092e\u0939\u093f\u0932\u093e \u0905\u092c \u0907\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093e\u092e \u0916\u0924\u0930\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0939\u0948! \u0915\u0939\u093e\u0902 \u092e\u0930 \u0917\u092f\u0947 \u0938\u0947\u0915\u0941\u0932\u0930 \u0915\u0947 \u0924\u0932\u0935\u0947 \u091a\u093e\u091f\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947<\/em>\u201d (A beautiful woman at the polling booth. Is Islam not in danger now? Where are the bootlickers of the seculars).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092e\u0924\u0926\u093e\u0928 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0906\u092f\u0940 \u090f\u0915 \u0938\u0941\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0930 \u092e\u0939\u093f\u0932\u093e\ud83d\ude1c \u0905\u092c \u0907\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093e\u092e \u0916\u0924\u0930\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0939\u0948! \u0915\u0939\u093e\u0902 \u092e\u0930 \u0917\u092f\u0947 \u0938\u0947\u0915\u0941\u0932\u0930 \u0915\u0947 \u0924\u0932\u0935\u0947 \u091a\u093e\u091f\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0s0TbJeSx0\">pic.twitter.com\/0s0TbJeSx0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 #RenukaJain Chowkidar \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@RenukaJain6) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RenukaJain6\/status\/1122342398653132802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The video was first shared with the same narrative by a Facebook page, \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/story.php?story_fbid=518135882051061&amp;id=310547276143257\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Kanpur<\/a>\u2019 on April 25th.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kanpur360\/videos\/612574169241191\/\" data-width=\"300\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/kanpur360\/videos\/612574169241191\/\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u092e\u0924\u0926\u093e\u0928 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0906\u092f\u0940 \u090f\u0915 \u0938\u0941\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0930 \u092e\u0939\u093f\u0932\u093e\ud83d\ude1c<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kanpur360\/\">The Kanpur<\/a> on Thursday, 25 April 2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The video is now viral on Facebook with many users sharing it with a text identical to Jain&#8217;s tweet<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34778\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/Screenshot_20190428-164926_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/Screenshot_20190428-164926_01.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/Screenshot_20190428-164926_01-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/Screenshot_20190428-164926_01-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/Screenshot_20190428-164926_01-768x762.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/Screenshot_20190428-164926_01-1024x1015.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/Screenshot_20190428-164926_01-990x982.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The same video was viral a few days ago as that of a Buddhist man masquerading as Muslim woman caught by Sri Lanka police after the Easter Sunday bombings.<\/p>\n<h3>Fact Check<\/h3>\n<p>The video is from Sri Lanka and was originally shared by a Sri Lankan news website, Neth News. When this video became viral after the Sri Lanka bombings, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/buddhist-man-in-burqa-caught-for-terror-attack-in-sri-lanka-no-its-an-old-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alt News<\/a> approached the website through a local journalist for details. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nethfm\/photos\/a.181837315168015\/2662255243792864\/?type=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook page<\/a> of the website immediately published a clarification stating that it was an old video from August 2018.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Nethnews article published in August 2018, the man dressed in a Burqa, was arrested by the police in Welikada, a suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka. He was arrested at Welikada plaza after the driver of a tuk-tuk (rickshaw) tipped off the police. The report also said that the police were investigating the matter further.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34777\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/Selection_24_04_2019_001-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/Selection_24_04_2019_001-1.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/Selection_24_04_2019_001-1-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the span of one week, this the third instance of misinformation shared by Renuka Jain. The other instances were debunked by Alt News here \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/congress-leaders-pose-with-the-same-woman-previously-debunked-misinformation-resurfaces\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/mp-bjp-president-falls-for-clipped-rahul-gandhi-video-social-media-clips-his-statement-and-targets-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2<\/a>.\u00a0 Jain is followed by Prime Minister, Narendra Modi on twitter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A previously debunked video of a burqa clad man has resurfaced with a different narrative. A Twitter user who goes by the name of Renuka Jain Chowkidar has tweeted the video of a man taking off his burqa in front of police personnel. Jain has tweeted this with the message, \u201c\u092e\u0924\u0926\u093e\u0928 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0906\u092f\u0940 \u090f\u0915 \u0938\u0941\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0930 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":34782,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[120],"class_list":["post-34774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-videos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Video from Sri Lanka viral as burqa-clad man caught in polling booth in India - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Video from Sri Lanka viral as burqa-clad man caught in polling booth in India - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A previously debunked video of a burqa clad man has resurfaced with a different narrative. 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