Claim
Mahakumbh devotees threw slippers at army personnel.
Fact
Old video from Pushpa 2’s trailer launch in Patna.
A fifteen-second-long-video allegedly showing the devotees participating in the Mahakumbh, which is currently underway in Prayagraj, throwing slippers at army personnel is being widely shared on social media platforms.
Multiple users who shared the video alleged, “In Kumbh, nationalists and Sanatani people threw slippers at army men! Had they been Muslims, this would have been the news on all government media channels today, but perhaps all this is allowed to people of this religion. (translated from Hindi via Google)”
Such posts can be seen here, here, here and here.
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Fact Check/Verification
A Google Lens search on the keyframes of the viral clip led us to an Instagram post by @travelwithaashi21, dated November 17, 2024. Carrying a longer version of the viral clip, it stated, “Puspa 2 trailer Launch event in Patna gandhi maidan 2024.”
The longer version of the video was also shared on YouTube by @DjManjeshBabuLalanchak in November 2024 to show the situation during the trailer launch of Pushpa 2 in Patna.
We were also able to spot a red flag with “05 Dec”, the official release date of the Allu Arjun-starrer, written on it in the longer version of the video.
Following this, we looked up keywords “Pushpa 2,” “Patna,” “trailer launch” and “ruckus” on ...
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