Does This Video Show an Injured Student at the Jantar Mantar Protests? No!

We found out that the video shows an East Bengal FC supporter celebrating the team's win.

A video is being shared on the internet, falsely claiming to show a student activist who was injured during the CJP protests at Jantar Mantar.

(Source: X/Altered by The Quint)

A video is being shared on the internet, claiming to show a student activist who was injured during the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protests at Jantar Mantar.

An archived version of this claim can be found here. 

(Source: X/Screenshot)

Is it true?: No, the video shows an East Bengal Football Club supporter celebrating the team's win at the Indian Super League Championship.

How did we find out?: We ran a reverse image search on the video using Google Lens and found out that an X account, torch__bearers, reposted the same video with a reply stating that the original claim is false.

• According to the post, the video shows an East Bengal Football Club supporter, Zinia Debnath, celebrating the team becoming the Indian Super League (ISL) Champions.

A fact-check shared by an X account. 

(Source: X/Screenshot)

• We observed that the girl in the video is wearing an East Bengal FC jersey.

• We also noticed that the background looks like a stadium.

(Source: X/Screenshot)

• Following this, we went to her Instagram account and found the original video, uploaded on 22 May 2026.

• The video's caption includes "ISL champion Joy East Bengal".

• East Bengal won the ISL Championship on 21 May 2026.

The original video uploaded by the girl. 

(Source: Instagram/Screenshot)

Conclusion: The video shows an East Bengal Football Club supporter celebrating the team's win at the Indian Super League Championship.

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