A video, showing people misbehaving with the staff of a restaurant, is being shared with the claim that it shows the owner of a restaurant in Pinjore, Panchkula, Haryana, being confronted for making biryani with sewage water.
BOOM found this claim to be false; Panchkula police stated that viral video shows people associated with the right-wing group Bajrang Dal misbehaving with the staff of the biryani restaurant, after neighbouring shops complained about the restaurant draining dirty water on the streets.
The viral video, of 2:06 in length, shows people abusing the staff in the biryani restaurant. Meanwhile, the person recording tries to show how the restaurant is draining the streets with dirty water using a motorised pump.
The video was made viral by right-leaning Twitter handle MeghUpdates, who added an English caption that said, "Haryana: Shama Biryani, Railway underpass, Kalka road, pinjore - caught on camera selling Biryani made from gutter water."
The same video also been shared on Facebook with the viral claim.
BOOM scanned news reports using relevant keywords to verify the viral claim, but we could not find any credible news report on such an incident.
We then did a keyword search on Facebook and found a video uploaded on August 16, 2023, on a Facebook page named Kalka Pinjore Live, which had visuals matching those from the viral video.
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