Are Gujaratis Being Threatened by Khalistan Supporters in Canada? Fact Check

Posted by: Arun Nag September 26, 2023

A video is going viral showing a pro-Khalistan supporter threatening another person of dire consequences. The supporter was heard saying in Punjabi, “Gujaratis, listen properly. We’ll give you two-two slaps. If you want to have langar, keep quiet and have langar. Your community has done a lot of drama after drinking urine. I’m telling all Gujaratis, if you start fighting, we’ll go into Gujarat, your home, and fight you. Go drink urine. Go do what you want.”

Here’s another post where the same video was used and Canada PM was tagged:

Similar posts are being shared on social media here and here.

FACT CHECK

When we searched for the key frames of the video in Google Reverse Image Search, we found a similar incident reported in March this year but from Southall in the United Kingdom when the controversy over an attack on the Indian High Commissin in London was making headlines.

The incident was widely reported and a video was uploaded by the news outlet OneIndia with the tile:”Khalistani supporters threaten a Gujarati man in Southall.” The video shows pro-Khalistan leader Avtar Singh Khanda, one of the suspects in an attack on the Indian High Commission in London. The news on this incident can be seen here and here.

In the video, some protestors were seen heckling a passerby. In a twitter post, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Secretary Manjinder Singh Sirsa condemned the incident as well.

Hence, the video and the claim are false and unrelated.

Claim:  Gujaratis being threatened by Khalistanis in Canada after the recent diplomatic tensions
Conclusion: The original video was from Southall in UK after the attack on Indian High Commission in March 2023.
Rating: Misrepresentation —

About Arun Nag

Arun is with Digiteye India since the beginning as the main source for re-writing copies and re-checking the facts and images. He writes on general and tech issues. He can be reached at arunnag@digiteye.in

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