“The visuals show a communal attack on Hindus during the Goddess Durga Idol’s immersion procession in Bilaspur”
What FACTLY found
The video from the viral post is of an actual incident which occurred in Bilaspur on 07 October 2022. Reportedly, two Durga puja committees fought over who gets to go first for the immersion. The viral post falsely claims this event as a communal attack on the Hindus, while in reality, both the groups that fought were Hindus. The same can be verified from the names mentioned in an F.I.R registered by the police
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 10 October 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 13 October 2022, 3 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.