Men wearing white shrouds are staging anti CAA protest in Aurangabad, not Kashmir
Images of people wearing white shrouds and lying on the floor are viral on social media. Users claim these are bodies of Muslims killed in Kashmir recently.
By Newsmeter Network Published on 13 Oct 2021 3:31 AM GMT
HYDERABAD: Images of people wearing white shrouds and lying on the floor are viral on social media. Users claim these are bodies of Muslims killed in Kashmir recently.
"That making me heartbreaking to see innocent Muslims be killed from terrorist people (sic)," reads the message with hashtags, "#SAVE_KASHMIR" and "#IndianMuslimsUnderAttack"
FACT CHECK:
The claim is false.
NewsMeter fact check team performed a reverse image search and found these pictures were in circulation since 2020. The posts indicate that the pictures are from February 2020 protest in Maharashtra's Aurangabad against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC).
Media outlet "JJP News" also carried the same on 24 February 2020. The report clearly states that protests were carried out against CAA and NRC in Aurangabad.
Upon close observation, one can see the words 'CAA NRC' written on one of the placards.
Evidently, the images are from a 2020 anti-CAA protest. It is not linked to the current situation in Kashmir. Thus, the claim is false.
