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Fact-Check: Unrelated Video Peddled as Mosque Being Demolished in Uttarakhand

The video is actually from Indonesia and shows the demolition of a structure in a theme park.

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A video which shows the demolition of white and green-coloured structures with tombs is being circulated on the internet to claim that it shows a mosque being demolished in Uttarakhand.

What have users said?: An X (formerly Twitter) premium user shared the video with a caption that loosely translated to, "A soothing video was received from the holy land of Uttarakhand."

The above post on X had received more than 21 thousand views at the time of writing this report.

More archives of similar claims can be found here, here, and here.

What are the facts?: The visuals have no connection to Uttarakhand or any other states in India.

  • The incident is actually from Indonesia. It shows the demolition of a structure in Hibisc Fantasy Puncak in the West Java province.

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How did we find that out?: We performed a simple reverse image search on the keyframes of the clip that directed us to the same visuals published on an unverified YouTube channel named 'Heru Bakmal'.

  • The video was live streamed on 7 March. Its title said, "AHIR CERITA WISATA Hibisc Fantasy Puncak."

  • It showed a similar white and green-coloured structure being demolished as seen in the viral clip.

News reports: A news report published by CNN Indonesia said that demolitions continued at the Hibisc Fantasy theme park in the West Java province in Indonesia.

  • The report said that the park was previously sealed for allegedly violating environmental regulations.

  • It further added that the demolition is supposed to be completed by 27 March, in accordance of the direction of West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi.

Other sources: Team WebQoof found visuals of the park's demolition on the official YouTube channel of Kompas TV, an Indonesian news broadcaster.

  • It was posted on 8 March and its title said, "Dedi Mulyadi's Explanation of the Chaos of the Demolition of the Hibiscus Fantasy Tourism in Puncak Bogor."

Conclusion: The video is unrelated to Uttarakhand or any other states in India.

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