{"id":62795,"date":"2020-04-02T23:06:58","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T17:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=62795"},"modified":"2020-04-08T11:35:02","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T06:05:02","slug":"old-video-falsely-viral-as-muslim-man-spitting-on-food-at-indian-restaurant-in-the-backdrop-of-coronavirus-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-falsely-viral-as-muslim-man-spitting-on-food-at-indian-restaurant-in-the-backdrop-of-coronavirus-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Old video falsely viral as Muslim man spitting on food at Indian restaurant in the backdrop of coronavirus pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 45-second video of an employee at a restaurant packing food has been shared with the claim that a Muslim man is spitting on the food before delivering it to customers. On March 21, Mahesh Vikram Hegde, founder of fake news platform Postcard News<\/em><\/span> tweeted<\/a> the viral video and wrote, “What’s the use of Janata Curfew when we have deadly sadists like this man? Arrest this lunatic immediately.” This was retweeted over 2,000 times (archive link<\/a>). Hegde’s call for arrest suggested this is a recent incident from India. Alt News has found Hegde promoting misinformation<\/a> on numerous occasions in the past.
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After looking at this, I’m scared to eat at hotels!<\/p>\n

Watch the video where a hotel staff spits at food items, before serving it to customers!<\/p>\n

What’s the use of Janata Curfew when we have deadly sadists like this man?<\/p>\n

Arrest this lunatic immediately pic.twitter.com\/3Q2m14ujeE<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Mahesh Vikram Hegde (@mvmeet) March 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The video has been shared after a congregation held in mid-March by Tablighi Jamaat was identified as a source of several positive coronavirus cases across the country.<\/p>\n

Roop Darak, Telangana State spokesperso<\/span>n at BJP’s youth wing Bharatiya Janta Yuva Morcha, tweeted<\/a> the viral video and called for a boycott of “such shops”.\u00a0This was retweeted over 1,000 times (archive link<\/a>). BJP supporter Sonam Mahajan also tweeted<\/a> the viral video and justified an incident where a man had refused delivery from a Zomato executive who was a Muslim man. Her tweet was retweeted over 1,200 times. (archive link<\/a>) <\/span><\/p>\n

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Several Facebook users have a shared<\/a> the viral video along with a Hindi text, “Refrain from eating things from the market and notice the lowliness of those who wear a cap (\u0916\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u092a\u0940\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u092c\u093e\u091c\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u091a\u0940\u091c\u094b \u0938\u0947 \u092a\u0930\u0939\u0947\u091c \u0915\u0930\u0947\u0902 \u0914\u0930 \u091f\u094b\u092a\u0940 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0940 \u092c\u0940\u092e\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0928\u0940\u091a\u0924\u093e \u0926\u0947\u0916\u0947)”<\/span><\/p>\n

Alt News has received several requests to fact-check the viral video on WhatsApp (+91 76000 11160) and on our official Android application<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Old video viral with a dash of communalism<\/h4>\n

Alt News broke the video into multiple keyframes and performed a reverse image search of one of the frames on Google. We found that the video was uploaded by a YouTube channel<\/a> on April 27, 2019.<\/p>\n