{"id":93407,"date":"2021-05-15T20:47:01","date_gmt":"2021-05-15T15:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=93407"},"modified":"2021-05-15T20:47:01","modified_gmt":"2021-05-15T15:17:01","slug":"video-from-pakistan-shared-as-people-flouting-lockdown-for-eid-in-delhi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-from-pakistan-shared-as-people-flouting-lockdown-for-eid-in-delhi\/","title":{"rendered":"Video from Pakistan viral as Muslims flouting lockdown in Delhi for Eid shopping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video of a densely packed marketplace has gone viral on social media as New Delhi&#8217;s Jafrabad and Seelampur areas. It has been claimed that the video shows Muslims who flocked to the markets for Eid shopping. The people seen in the clip are not wearing masks and clearly flouting social distancing norms. Facebook user Vidrohi Saheb shared the clip and wrote, &#8220;Scenes from New Delhi&#8217;s Jafrabad&#8230;Looks like PM Modi has already begun holding rallies for the Delhi elections.&#8221; It racked up 8,900 views at the time of writing. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/cnlbY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/raj.saffri\/videos\/4068985306491067\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"false\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/raj.saffri\/videos\/4068985306491067\/\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u091c\u093e\u092b\u093c\u0930\u093e\u092c\u093e\u0926 \u0928\u0908 \u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u0926\u0943\u0936\u094d\u092f.. \u0932\u0917\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0927\u093e\u0928\u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940 \u091a\u0941\u0928\u093e\u0935\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u0905\u092d\u0940 \u0938\u0947 \u0930\u0948\u0932\u0940 \u0915\u0930 \u0930\u0939\u0947\u0902 \u0939\u0948\u0964<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/raj.saffri\">\u0935\u093f\u0926\u094d\u0930\u094b\u0939\u0940 \u0938\u093e\u0939\u0947\u092c<\/a> on Sunday, May 9, 2021<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Twitter user <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/RzpZI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@SmokingSkills_<\/a>, who has a following of 76,000, also circulated the video as Jafrabad, gaining 14,000 views before taking down the tweet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-93408 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/E1A9CFZVoAE_ZQR-e1620807780669.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"905\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/E1A9CFZVoAE_ZQR-e1620807780669.jpeg 905w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/E1A9CFZVoAE_ZQR-e1620807780669-177x300.jpeg 177w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/E1A9CFZVoAE_ZQR-e1620807780669-603x1024.jpeg 603w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/E1A9CFZVoAE_ZQR-e1620807780669-768x1303.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 905px) 100vw, 905px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The clip is viral on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F%20&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>. It has also made its way to WhatsApp. We received a few requests to verify the video on the Alt News official mobile application. (<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.altnews&amp;hl=en_IN&amp;gl=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Android<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/tt\/app\/alt-news\/id1489307805?uo=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iOS<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-93407 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><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\/video-from-pakistan-shared-as-people-flouting-lockdown-for-eid-in-delhi\/1-71\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"646\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/1-3.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/1-3.jpeg 684w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/1-3-300x283.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><\/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\/video-from-pakistan-shared-as-people-flouting-lockdown-for-eid-in-delhi\/2-61\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/2.jpg 649w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/2-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><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\/video-from-pakistan-shared-as-people-flouting-lockdown-for-eid-in-delhi\/3-52\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"1091\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/3-2.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/3-2.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/3-2-198x300.jpeg 198w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/3-2-676x1024.jpeg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><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\/video-from-pakistan-shared-as-people-flouting-lockdown-for-eid-in-delhi\/4-44\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"1037\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/4-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/4-1.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/4-1-208x300.jpeg 208w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/4-1-711x1024.jpeg 711w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/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\/video-from-pakistan-shared-as-people-flouting-lockdown-for-eid-in-delhi\/5-33\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"511\" height=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/5-2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/5-2.png 511w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/5-2-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4><strong>Video from Pakistan<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>We performed a reverse image search of the video&#8217;s frames and found it on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PolicePublicHarmomy\/videos\/144312854318466\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook post dated April 25, 2021<\/a>. The post says the incident is from Pakistan&#8217;s Ichra Bazaar in Lahore.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-93414 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/6.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/6-300x170.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/6-768x435.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The video was also uploaded on YouTube the following day as scenes from Ichra Bazaar.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yx9W0oG_u3M\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen style=\"width:100%; height:auto; aspect-ratio:16\/9;\"><\/iframe>\n<p>Pakistani media outlet Geo Pakistan reported about the massive crowd that had gathered at the marketplace for Eid shopping.<\/p>\n<iframe style=\"width:100%; height:auto; aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" title=\"\u0627\u0686\u06be\u0631\u06c1 \u0628\u0627\u0632\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0632\u0645 \u06a9\u0644\u0648\u0679\u06be \u0645\u0627\u0631\u06a9\u06cc\u0679  \u0645\u06cc\u06ba \u0639\u06cc\u062f \u06a9\u06cc \u0634\u0627\u067e\u0646\u06af \u06a9\u0648 \u0622\u0626\u06cc \u06c1\u0648\u0626\u06cc \u06cc\u06c1 \u062f\u0646\u06cc\u0627 \u0628\u06be\u0648\u0644 \u06af\u0626\u06cc \u06c1\u06d2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sWIJZZZpI4g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>The collages below match the visuals in the viral video and Geo Pakistan&#8217;s report.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-93416 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1019\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/7.jpeg 1019w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/7-300x166.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/7-768x424.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1019px) 100vw, 1019px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-93417 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/8.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"971\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/8.jpeg 971w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/8-300x176.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/8-768x452.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 971px) 100vw, 971px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However, it is noteworthy that there were reports of large crowds frequenting markets for Eid shopping in India, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aajtak.in\/india\/telangana\/video\/hyderabad-charminar-market-flooded-with-eid-shoppers-amid-covid-surge-1250468-2021-05-06\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hyderabad<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aajtak.in\/amp\/india\/news\/video\/kalash-yatra-eid-shopping-corona-rules-broken-social-distancing-shredded-to-pieces-1252886-2021-05-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Uttar Pradesh<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, photos of crowds of Eid shoppers at Anarkali Bazaar in Pakistan&#8217;s Faisalabad were passed off as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/video-of-anarkali-market-in-faisalabad-pakistan-shared-as-hyderabads-madina-situation-during-lockdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hyderabad.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video of a densely packed marketplace has gone viral on social media as New Delhi&#8217;s Jafrabad and Seelampur areas. It has been claimed that the video shows Muslims who flocked to the markets for Eid shopping. The people seen in the clip are not wearing masks and clearly flouting social distancing norms. Facebook user [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":93418,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[693],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[664],"class_list":["post-93407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-religion","tag-featured","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-videos","an_content_type-fact-check"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/FAKE-5.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93407"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93521,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93407\/revisions\/93521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93407"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=93407"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=93407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}