Mon Sep 30 23:06:05 UTC 2024: ## Viral Video Falsely Claims Toll Plaza Vandalism in India
**New Delhi (Vishwas Team):** A video circulating on social media, depicting individuals vandalizing a toll plaza gate, has been falsely attributed to India. The video is actually from Bangladesh, as confirmed by a fact-check investigation by the Vishwas Team.
The video was uploaded on Facebook by a user named “Siddharth Sharma” on September 21st, 2024. The caption, written in Hindi, falsely claims that the incident depicts “Hindu’s future” and that “civil war has begun”. This attempt to connect the incident to Hindu sentiments and a potential civil war in India is misleading.
Fact-checking investigations revealed that the video originates from an incident on September 18th, 2024, at the Kuril Plaza on the Dhaka Elevated Expressway in Bangladesh. Local news sources, including the Dhaka Tribune, reported that individuals in a pickup truck had clashed with toll plaza staff and vandalized the gate.
Further corroboration was obtained from Sirajujaman, a reporter from a Bangladeshi news channel. He confirmed the incident and stated that it was not related to religious tensions. The individuals were angered after their vehicle was stopped for carrying passengers in an open truck, which is against regulations on the expressway.
The Facebook user who shared the video, Siddharth Sharma, has a small following of 300 individuals and resides in Uttar Pradesh, India. The video is further evidence of the spread of misinformation on social media platforms.
**Vishwas Team concludes that the viral video claiming toll plaza vandalism in India is false. The video originated from a separate incident in Bangladesh.**
**The Vishwas Team encourages readers to report suspicious information to them for verification and prevention of the spread of misinformation.**
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