FACTLY (By NITISH KUMAR DHONGE), 22 Jan: A video going viral on social media claims to show Pakistani flags tied to streetlight poles along a road in Chikodi, Karnataka. Let’s verify the claim made in the post through this article.
Claim: The video shows Pakistani flags tied to streetlight poles along a road in Chikodi, Karnataka.
Fact: The flags shown in the viral video are not Pakistani flags; they are Islamic flags. According to the Chikodi police, the locals had put up these flags with permission to celebrate the Milad-un-Nabi festival. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Firstly, upon comparing the flag in the viral video with the Pakistani flag, it is evident that it is not the Pakistani flag. The white stripe present on the Pakistani flag is missing from the flag in the video.
Further investigation revealed that the flag in the video is an Islamic flag, commonly displayed during Islamic religious ceremonies. In the past, similar claims have circulated on social media, falsely identifying this flag as the Pakistani flag. We have debunked such claims in several fact-checked articles, which you can view here.
By comparing the viral video to Google Street View footage of Chikodi, it was confirmed that the video originated from Chikodi town.
We reached out to the Chikodi police regarding this matter but have not received a response. However, Vishwas News had previously contacted the Chikodi police, who clarified that the flags were put up with permission to mark the Milad-un-Nabi festival and that they were not Pakistani flags.
To sum up, the flags tied to streetlight poles in Chikodi, Karnataka, are Islamic and not Pakistani flags.
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