Fake: Man in burqa held for waving Pakistan flag is not an RSS activist
New Delhi, Aug 17: A video of a man removing his burqa in front of policemen has gone viral on social media.
A tweet says that the man in the video is an RSS man. He had removed his burqa and waved the Pakistan flag to defame Muslims.
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The video was posted by Raju Upman, who claims that he is a Congress worker. The tweet in Hindi roughly translates to. 'this RSS man was waving a Pakistan flag wearing a burqa.
बुर्का पहनकर पाकिस्तान का झंडा लहरा रहा था यह आर . एस .एस . का भड़वा। @ProfNoorul जी ,@NayakRagini जी, @LambaAlka जी, pic.twitter.com/3CmLtiqZ14
— RAJU UPMAN (@RajuUpman13) August 15, 2020
However, this claim is fake. The man in the video was arrested while trying to smuggle liquor from Telangana to Andhra Pradesh. He had put on a burqa to disguise himself. A report in NTV Telugu said that the burqa-clad man was arrested by the Andhra Pradesh police for smuggling liquor from Telangana. This incident took place at the Panchalingala check post in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh.