By Shinjinee Majumder

A video viral on social media showing a Delhi Police sub-inspector (SI) kicking and assaulting people offering Namaz on the road in the city’s Inderlok area has caused widespread outrage and condemnation. The SI, Manoj Kumar Tomar, was suspended and an inquiry was initiated into the incident even as local residents blocked roads in protest and paramilitary personnel deployed in the area.

Locals used their phones to shoot the policeman kicking and shoving people who had gathered on the road around 2 pm near the Inderlok metro station to offer namaz. In the videos, the cop can be seen stepping on the prayer mat used by the devotees and shouting at them to leave the area.

After the video had gone viral, several Right Wing accounts started claiming that one of the men praying in the area was wearing a burqa with the suggestion that he might have had some sinister motive.

X (Twitter) user Abhijit Majumder, whose bio describes him as a journalist, tweeted a 34-second clip and asked if a man clad in black clothing at the 0:16 second mark was wearing a burqa. (Archive)

https://twitter.com/abhijitmajumder/status/1766093626453663868?t=mmAhwmF_yc6iwf_hQY68Tw&s=19

Alt News has debunked communal disinformation shared by Abhijit Majumder several times in the past. The readers can find the stories here.

Right Wing influencer @MrSinha_ also amplified the claim that a man was seen wearing a burqa. (Archive)

https://twitter.com/MrSinha_/status/1766083837057286317?t=eCcbDddSUBoZRMVlEetASg&s=19

Another prominent Right Wing influencer, @MeghUpdates, tweeted the same claim. (Archive)

https://twitter.com/MeghUpdates/status/1766082658642383099?t=kd1aE9k2ewXR9yLA8ecqZQ&s=19

Both @MrSinha_ and @MughUpdates have been found sharing communal disinformation multiple times. Related Alt News reports can be found here and here.

Several others tweeted the same claim. (Archives- 1, 2, 3, 4)

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