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Social media users recently shared a video claiming that slogans of ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ were raised by Muslims participating in a Muharram procession in Uttar Pradesh. The viral posts also contain derogatory words against the Muslim community.

X user Deepak Sharma, who regularly shares disinformation and promotes communal propaganda, shared the video tagging the Deoria Police and wrote, “Do you hear what I am hearing? This crowd raising slogans of ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ is not in Pakistan but in India, that too in India’s Uttar Pradesh. Betrayal is in their blood.”

Right-wing X user Sandeep Mishra and several others on other platforms like Instagram and Facebook shared the same footage with claims that ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans had been raised during a Muharram procession.

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Fact Check

Alt News found that the official X handle of the Deoria Police had tweeted about this and refuted the claim about ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans being raised. According to police, in the video recorded during a Muharram procession by the Five Star Club, slogans of ‘Five Star Zindabad’, and not ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ could be heard. 

The police also mentioned that the procession was carried out peacefully in police presence.

Alt News examined the video by playing it in slow motion. On listening carefully to the slogans being raised in the procession, it became clear that the chants were not that of ‘Pakistan Zindabad’, but ‘Five Star Zindabad’. However, due to the background noise, the slogans are not that clear.

Apart from this, we noticed that many people participating in the procession wore green T-shirts with ‘5 STAR CLUB’ and ‘5 star’ printed on them.

Upon further investigation, we also came across the Instagram page of 5 star club. Many videos taken during Muharram can be found on this page. Apart from these, in a post by Instagram user Israfil Ansari, too, members of the 5 Star Club can be seen participating in Muharram observation wearing the same green T-shirts in the presence of police personnel.

 

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To sum it up, slogans of “Five Star Zindabad” were raised in the video in question. However, some users falsely claimed that Muslims were raising ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans during Muharram.

The post No, Pakistan Zindabad slogans were not raised at Muharram rally in Deoria, Uttar Pradesh appeared first on Alt News.


This content originally appeared on Alt News and was authored by Pawan Kumar.

Citations

[1]https://archive.ph/RKBvd[2] Google Search ➤ https://www.google.com/search?q=%40sonofbharat7+site%3Aaltnews.in&oq=%40SonOfBharat7&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBggBECMYJzIGCAAQRRg5MgYIARAjGCcyBwgCEAAY7wUyBwgDEAAY7wUyBwgEEAAY7wUyBwgFEAAY7wUyBwgGEAAY7wUyBggHEEUYPdIBCTU3MTJqMGoxNagCCLACAfEFLpM8dqSfRJPxBS6TPHakn0ST&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8[3] DEORIA POLICE (@DeoriaPolice) / X ➤ https://twitter.com/DeoriaPolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw[4] Deepak Sharma on X: "पाकिस्तान जिंदाबाद 🚨 जी हाँ ये पाकिस्तान जिंदाबाद क़े नारे लगाती ये भीड़ पाकिस्तान में नहीं भारत में है और भारत क़े भी उत्तर प्रदेश में है खून में ही गद्दारी इन BSD वाले लोगों क़े... Hello @DeoriaPolice क्या आप वो सुन पा रहे हैं जो मैं सुन रहा हूँ ? इन्हे ऐसा सबक सिखाएं कि" / X ➤ https://t.co/IDKdnM7jW3[5] Deepak Sharma on X: "पाकिस्तान जिंदाबाद 🚨 जी हाँ ये पाकिस्तान जिंदाबाद क़े नारे लगाती ये भीड़ पाकिस्तान में नहीं भारत में है और भारत क़े भी उत्तर प्रदेश में है खून में ही गद्दारी इन BSD वाले लोगों क़े... Hello @DeoriaPolice क्या आप वो सुन पा रहे हैं जो मैं सुन रहा हूँ ? इन्हे ऐसा सबक सिखाएं कि" / X ➤ https://twitter.com/SonOfBharat7/status/1942096708126593260?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw[6]https://archive.ph/vcFVR[7]https://archive.ph/oE1qU[8]https://archive.ph/Mt09X[9]https://archive.is/LzPWT[10] No, Pakistan Zindabad slogans were not raised at Muharram rally in Deoria, Uttar Pradesh by Deepak Sharma @SonOfBharat7, social media users – Alt News ➤ https://www.altnews.in/did-pakistan-zindabad-slogan-raise-in-deoria-up-during-muharram-procession/#gallery-302006-1-slideshow[11]https://twitter.com/hashtag/UPPolice?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw[12] DIG Range Gorakhpur (@diggorakhpur) / X ➤ https://twitter.com/diggorakhpur?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw[13] ADG ZONE Gorakhpur (@AdgGkr) / X ➤ https://twitter.com/AdgGkr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw[14] DGP UP (@dgpup) / X ➤ https://twitter.com/dgpup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw[15] UPPOLICE FACT CHECK (@UPPViralCheck) / X ➤ https://twitter.com/UPPViralCheck?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw[16] DEORIA POLICE on X: "मोहर्रम त्यौहार के दिनांक 06/07.07.2025 के जुलूस के दौरान सोशल मीडिया पर एक भ्रामक तरीके से प्रसारित किए जा रहे वीडियो के सम्बन्ध में देवरिया पुलिस का खण्डन। #UPPolice @diggorakhpur @AdgGkr @dgpup @UPPViralCheck" / X ➤ https://t.co/7uo0AajvLe[17] DEORIA POLICE on X: "मोहर्रम त्यौहार के दिनांक 06/07.07.2025 के जुलूस के दौरान सोशल मीडिया पर एक भ्रामक तरीके से प्रसारित किए जा रहे वीडियो के सम्बन्ध में देवरिया पुलिस का खण्डन। #UPPolice @diggorakhpur @AdgGkr @dgpup @UPPViralCheck" / X ➤ https://twitter.com/DeoriaPolice/status/1942108226088058965?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw[18]https://www.instagram.com/five_star_club__/[19]https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLxtmIUBjaS/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading[20] No, Pakistan Zindabad slogans were not raised at Muharram rally in Deoria, Uttar Pradesh by Deepak Sharma @SonOfBharat7, social media users – Alt News ➤ https://www.altnews.in/did-pakistan-zindabad-slogan-raise-in-deoria-up-during-muharram-procession/[21] Alt News – Alternative News and Views in the Post-Truth World ➤ https://www.altnews.in/