During the 2022 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, the police in Rampur had detained eight people, including two women wearing burqa, on charges of attempting fake voting. The video of the same old incident is being shared with a misleading claim that it is an incident of fake voting in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections.
New Delhi (Vishvas News). After the first phase of Lok Sabha elections and between the second phase of voting, a video is going viral on social media claiming that women wearing burqa were caught casting fake or bogus voting during voting in Uttar Pradesh. In the viral video, police can be seen taking two women wearing burqa into custody.
Vishvas News in its investigation found this claim to be misleading. The video going viral is from 2022, when women were detained for trying to cast bogus voting in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh. This old video is being shared as an incident of fake voting in the recent Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh.
Under the first phase of Lok Sabha elections, voting took place on April 19 for a total of 102 Lok Sabha seats, including eight Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh. Under the second phase, voting will be held for a total of 89 Lok Sabha seats on April 26.
What is viral?
Social media user ‘Pathak Subash Bhardwaj’ went viral Video (archive LinkWhile sharing ) it is written, “*Video ::*
This time it is strict, understand this…. Baba Ba, Salma Nagma etc., in UP, now fake voting will not be possible under the guise of burqa. So many such women coming for fake voting are being caught… Listen women, fake voting will not work.”
Many others on different platforms of social media users has shared this video with similar and identical claims in the context of the recent Lok Sabha elections.
investigation
Searching the key frames of the viral video through reverse image yielded ‘DEEWAN. This video (archive) on the handle of an X user named ‘(Modi Ka Parivar)’ Link) was found uploaded, which has been shared on 15 February 2022 as being from Rampur, Uttar Pradesh.
On this basis, when we searched keywords, we also found many news reports, in which this incident is mentioned. Jagran’s 15th February 2022 Report According to, “An attempt was made to cast fake votes in the UP Election 2022 Phase 2 Voting Assembly elections, but due to the vigilance of the polling personnel and the police, no one could cast fake votes. “The police caught eight people, including two women, who were later released.”
Regarding the viral video, we contacted Mohammad Muslimeen, senior correspondent of Dainik Jagran, Rampur, regarding the viral video. He confirmed that this video is related to the 2022 elections.
This video on social media apart–apart It has already gone viral in a similar context during elections, the fact check report of which can be read here.
Election Commission (archive) LinkAccording to ), the Lok Sabha elections 2024, to be held in a total of seven phases, began on April 19 with the first phase of voting, under which votes were cast on a total of 102 seats. The next phase of voting will be held on April 26, under which voting will be held on a total of 89 seats.
Election Commission information (archive) LinkAccording to ), under the first phase, voting was held in a total of eight Lok Sabha seats of Uttar Pradesh, which include Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Nagina, Moradabad, Rampur and Pilibhit. Under the second phase, voting will be held on a total of nine Lok Sabha seats on April 26.
Those sharing viral videos with misleading claims user About six thousand people follow him on Facebook. Vishvas News’ election fact check report investigating other misleading and fake claims related to elections Section Can be read in.
Conclusion: During the 2022 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, police in Rampur had detained eight people, including two women wearing burqa, on charges of attempting fake voting. The video of the same old incident is being shared with a misleading claim that it is an incident of fake voting in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections.
- Claim Review : Police detained two Muslim women trying to cast fake voting in Uttar Pradesh.
- Claimed By : FB User-Pathak Subash Bhardwaj
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2024-04-23 00:34:08
