{"id":64176,"date":"2020-04-15T14:41:04","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T09:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=64176"},"modified":"2020-04-15T14:55:38","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T09:25:38","slug":"video-of-fruit-vendors-in-indore-shared-with-false-anti-muslim-angle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-of-fruit-vendors-in-indore-shared-with-false-anti-muslim-angle\/","title":{"rendered":"Video of fruit vendors in Indore shared with false anti-Muslim angle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since April 6, Alt News has received several requests to fact-check a 30-second video on WhatsApp (+91 76000 11160) and on our official Android application<\/a>. In the video, we can see several policemen wearing a mask and a few fruit vendors.<\/p>\n

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The video has been shared with the following text in Hindi: “Check all fruit and vegetable vendors properly. Since 2-3 days around 6-7 am, two vendors were seen in Mahalaxmi Nagar. Since they were coming early in the morning, people had their doubt. When some people asked their names, they went mum. In a matter of a few minutes, they said their name is Shiva, Mukesh, Dinesh and said they didn’t have identity cards on them. The vendors were stopped. When the police came to enquire they found out the boys were Muslim. That means, there is something really wrong. Please be alert.”<\/p>\n

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A Twitter user posted<\/a> the video with a different Hindi text but the same anti-Muslim narrative. He claimed that the viral video is from Indore (archive link<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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\u2014 Naresh G Pahuja (@png60) April 6, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Indore police debunk false claims<\/h4>\n

Alt News watched the video carefully and did a keyframe analysis. We found:<\/p>\n

1. At the 11-second mark, a man can be heard giving directions to their current location. The instruction mentioned Mahalaxmi Nagar and Partabh Medical as landmarks. We performed a keyword search on Google and found that a medical store with the same name is located in Mahalaxmi Nagar, Indore. Just Dial<\/a> lists the full address as G-1 577 \/78 Sai Shraddha Apartment, Balaji Height Road, Mahalaxmi Nagar, Indore – 452010, Near Water Tank.<\/p>\n

2. At the 27-second mark, we can see a yellow jeep with the words ‘Nagar Nigam Indore (translated from \u0928\u0917\u0930 \u0928\u093f\u0917\u092e \u0907\u0902\u0926\u094c\u0930)’<\/p>\n

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Alt News spoke with Vivek Sharma, inspector general (IG), Indore Police. He stated that the video is at least a week old and the claims made on social media are false. IG Sharma connected Alt News with the concerned officer Yusuf Qureshi, superintendent of police (SP), East Indore.<\/p>\n

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SP Qureshi and his team traced the two fruit vendors in the viral video (highlighted above). According to the police investigation, vendors Rohit and Ravi are employed by Girraj Gupta, who owns a fruit shop. SP Qureshi informed, “Girraj Gupta is 40 years old and stays at Tapeshwari Bagh, MR Ten Road.”<\/p>\n

The distance between Tapeshwari Bagh and Partabh Medical, Mahalaxmi Nagar is less than two kilometres away according to Google Maps.<\/p>\n

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SP Qureshi added, “Due to the lockdown, Gupta wasn’t able to sell the remaining stock of fruits. Rohit and Ravi stepped out to sell the remaining fruits in the colony. That’s when the police and the municipal authorities seized the handcart.”<\/p>\n

The officer shared a video with us which was taken on April 13 by Indore police. It captures their conversation with Gupta. At 1:14 mark, Gupta confirms both Rohit and Ravi hail from the Hindu community.<\/p>\n