After BJP’s loss in Araria by-poll election two persons were arrested today for allegedly raising anti-national slogans. Apparently, they were celebrating RJD candidate, Sarfaraz Alam’s victory in the election.
However, fact checking websites like altnews have claimed that the video, which became viral and on the basis of which the people were arrested, is doctored.
The video seemingly has the accused shouting “anti-India” and “pro-Pakistan” slogans after the declaration of the by-poll results on Wednesday.
The District Magistrate Himanshu Sharma said, “Two persons named in the FIR — Mohammad Shahzad and Mohammad Sultan — have been arrested. The third accused, Mohammad Abid, will be nabbed soon” They were arrested after the SHO of Araria town police lodged an FIR against a group of persons — three named, the rest unidentified — under various sections of the IPC and IT Act.
However, altnews website claimed, “Even a casual look a the video will make it apparent that there are serious issues with lip sync in the video” They also claimed that at a certain point in the video the background noise becomes zero which raises initial doubts. Further there is no audio-video sync. Illustrating that the video isn’t reliable, they have suggested for the examination of the video by a certified forensic laboratory for its authenticity observations necessitate that the video be examined by a certified forensic laboratory for its authenticity.
On similar lines, the leader of Opposition in the Bihar Assembly, Tejashwi Yadav said, “Let the matter be thoroughly investigated. Videos that go viral are not always authentic. Moreover, those named as accused may not necessarily be our party workers”
He also alleged that as per his conversations with Alam, he had told him that no victory celebrations were taking place and that BJP is already running a smear campaign against them, saying that RJD’s victory is a boost to terrorist activities.
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