Old Video From Delhi’s Vipin Garden Going Viral Linking To The Passage Of The Waqf Amendment Bill.

Recently a video of some people waiting for the cremation outside a cremation ground went viral on social media. In the viral video, a person can be heard claiming that the RSS has mounted a wall around the cremation ground in Vipin Garden, Delhi. The police force can be seen on the other side of the wall. Sharing the video on Facebook, users are claiming that the video shows a recent case after the passage of the Waqf Amendment Bill.

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However, as we investigated, we came to know that the claim was false. The viral video is old and not related to the Waqf Amendment Bill. Here’s the fact check.

Fact Check 

We started our investigation by taking some screenshots from the viral video and conducting a reverse image search. This led us to a YouTube channel where the viral video was uploaded on 7 February 2018.

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We found the same video on another YouTube channel uploaded on 23 December 2017.

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We geolocated the place shown in the viral video which can be seen here. 

We found several news reports stating that the Delhi High Court said in December 2017 that the Government land can’t be used as a burial ground. The bench was considering a petition by the NGO, Kabristan Intzamia Association, which claimed that based on a statement by an MLA, the Muslim organisation had started using the land near West Delhi’s Vipin Garden as a burial ground.

The judgement of the court can be read here.

This makes it clear that the viral video is old and not related to the Waqf Amendment Bill.

Conclusion 

From our investigation, we can say that the claim is false. The video is not related to the passage of the Waqf Amendment Bill. The video has been on the internet since at least December 2017.