Unrelated Clip From Colombia Viral as 'Udaipur Files' Actor's House Set Ablaze

This clip is from Nazareth in Colombia, where a police station was set on fire by locals in July.

Fact-Check: This video is from Colombia and not related to the Udaipur Files controversy.

(Source: The Quint)

A video showing a building structure on fire has gone viral on social media. Those sharing claimed that a group of Muslims set fire to the house of an artist associated with the controversial film, Udaipur Files, based on the murder of Kanhaiya Lal, allegedly by two Muslim men.

An archive of the post can be found here. 

(Source: X/Screenshot) 

(Archives of similar claims can be found here and here.)

Is the claim true?: No, the claim is false.

• The clip is from Nazareth, Colombia, where residents torched a police station on 4 July, in response to the police's accidental killing of a man named Yulbert Barboza.

What we found: We divided the video into multiple screenshots and ran a Google reverse image search on some of them.

• We came across a report from Infobae, a South American website which included a visual, similar to the viral video.

• It noted that a man named Yulbert Barbosa died after being shot by the police. It happened when the truck in which Barbosa was traveling skidded near the station. The officers interpreted the incident as a threat and opened fire.

• The man's death sparked outrage among the local community, who reacted by burning the police station. At least four people were reported injured in the riots, and reinforcements had to be sent from Riohacha to control the situation.

• This situation is linked to the territorial dispute between the Gulf Clan and the Conquistadoras de la Sierra Nevada Self-Defense Forces (ACSN), a conflict that intensified after the death of alias eighteen, the alleged ACSN commander, in a confrontation with the Colombian Gaitanista Army (EGC).

Here is the preview of the report.

(Source: Infobae) 

• We also came across several social media posts that noted that the video of the fire was from Nazareth in Colombia. You can watch some of them here and here.

• They all confirmed that a police station was set ablaze by the local community in Nazareth in connection to a young man's death at the hands of the police.

• We looked for reports regarding setting of a artist's house on fire in protest against the controversial film, however, did not find any to verify the claim.

Conclusion: An unrelated video of a building on fire has gone viral on social media to falsely claim that an artist's house, associated with the Udaipur Files, was set on fire.

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