“A video showing several demolished ancient buildings is going viral with claims that 80 Muslim houses have been razed for PM Narendra Modi’s ambitious Kashi-Vishwanath corridor project. We found the claims to be misleading.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 6 May 2019.
BBC Hindi rated thisFalse
In short
This claim spread on social media around 6 May 2019. BBC Hindi (India) looked into it and published its finding on 7 May 2019, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/TriNetraHinduz/videos/732991807103171/?v=732991807103171
- Post on Xhttps://twitter.com/SureshLalDas3/status/1124646940354859008
Links recorded by BBC Hindi. Some posts may have been deleted since.
This check was done by BBC Hindi, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.