May 9th 2024.
There has been quite a buzz on social media with a video surfacing of a group of individuals burning an effigy. The video has been shared on Facebook with a caption that reads, "Lungi of five Congressmen caught fire while burning Modi's effigy in Karnataka! See how all this happened. Now Modiji's effigies have also started teaching a lesson. This is Modiji power." The post also included a link to the video and an archived version for reference.
However, upon further investigation, we discovered that the video in question is not recent at all and is actually from Kerala. The individuals shown in the video are KSU workers who were burning an effigy of the vice chancellor of MG University. Here's what we found out.
To begin our fact-checking process, we took some screenshots from the viral video and conducted a reverse image search. This led us to a video on the YouTube channel "Asianetnews" that was uploaded on 5 July 2015. The caption of the video read, "Lucky Fire Escape for KSU workers in Pathanamthitta" and at the 0:20 mark, the viral video can be seen. The description of the video explained that the KSU workers were protesting and burning the effigy of the MG University Vice Chancellor, which resulted in a fortunate escape for them. This clearly indicates that the viral video is old and has no connection to the current general election.
The video also shows the KSU flag, which is the student union of the All India Congress Committee and is active in Kerala. This confirms that the video is from Kerala and has no link to Karnataka. Moving on, we found a report on the viral video published by "The Times of India" on 24 July 2012. According to the report, the students in the video were protesting against the corruption by the MG University Vice Chancellor, and some were injured due to the fire and had to be hospitalized.
In conclusion, after thorough investigation, it is safe to say that the viral video is from 12 years ago and is from Kerala, not Karnataka. The individuals shown in the video are KSU workers, not Congress workers from Karnataka, and the effigy being burnt is not of PM Modi, but that of the VC of MG University.
The fact check was conducted by Debanjana Baishya and the result concluded that the claims made in the viral video are false. This story was originally published by Fact Crescendo and republished by OrissaPOST as part of the Shakti Collective, a platform for fact-checking and spreading awareness about misinformation.
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