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Fact Check: Old video from anti-CAA protests FALSELY shared as Sambhal unrest

Protests against a mosque survey in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district turned violent on November 24. A video now going viral allegedly shows the Sambhal police lathi-charging protestors. OUR PROBE A reverse image search of keyframes from the viral clip led us to the same video published by a YouTube channel in March 2020, making it clear that it is not from the recent clashes in Sambhal. We searched for these names on Google Maps and found that the video is from Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur district, which is more than 650 kilometres from Sambhal. Per the report, these protests turned violent in many districts of Uttar Pradesh including Gorakhpur, resulting in police lathi-charging people.

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