Saree Shop Clip from Udaipur Viral as 'Loot' by BJP Workers During Bihar Bandh

The owner of the store confirmed to The Quint that the video was from their store in Udaipur and not Bihar.

Fact-Check: This video is from Udaipur and not Bihar, as claimed. 

(Source: The Quint) 

A video showing chaos inside a shop with clothes being thrown at a huge crowd has gone viral on social media, claiming that the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Mahila Morcha members ransacked a saree shop in Muzaffarpur during the 'Bihar bandh' protest on 4 September.

Why Bihar Bandh?: The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) held a 'Bihar Band' on 4 September against the abusive language used by an individual for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother at a rally for the Voter Adhikar Yatra in Darbhanga.

An archive of the post can be found here. 

(Source: Facebook) 

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

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

• The video is from the sale day at a shop named 'Agarwal Sarees' in Udaipur, Rajasthan.

• The owner of the shop confirmed the same to The Quint.

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

• It led us to the same video on Instagram by a page named 'Agarwal Sarees' from 20 August.

• It is to be noted that the Bihar Band protest was on 4 September while, this video is from August.

• The caption noted, "Day 60 of big sale 2025. Agarwal saree" (sic.)

• We went through the page and found more such videos listed in the grid showing the sale day as stated in the caption, previously.

Here is preview of the page. 

(Source: Instagram) 

• The Quint reached out to Madhusudan Agarwal, the owner of the shop who refuted the claim that the video was from Bihar.

• He also mentioned that their shop was located in Maldas Street, Udaipur, and the clip was from a sale day at their establishment.

• We looked for the shop on Google maps and found the store. You can view the location here.

Here is the facade of the store. 

(Source: Google Maps)

Conclusion: A video from Udaipur showing a sale at a saree shop has gone viral to falsely claim that it shows BJP Mahila Morcha members looted a store during the Bihar Band protest, recently.

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