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No, Pakistan’s Flag Was Not Raised in Bhatkal After Congress Won Karnataka Polls

Uttara Kannada SP Vishnuvardhana N told the media that the flag raised in Bhatkal was not Pakistan's national flag.

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A video showing a green flag being raised alongside a saffron flag, a Congress flag and a flag supporting BR Ambedkar has gone viral on social media. 

What are users claiming?: The video is being shared to claim that people raised Pakistan’s flag in Karnataka after Congress won the state’s Assembly elections

Uttara Kannada SP Vishnuvardhana N told the media that the flag raised in Bhatkal was not Pakistan's national flag.

An archive of this post can be seen here.

(Source: Twitter/Screenshot)

(Archives of more posts with the same claim can be seen hereherehere and here.)

But…?: The video shows an Islamic flag, not Pakistan’s national flag.

  • The video is from Samshuddin circle in Karnataka’s Bhatkal, where people raised different flags – including one with Bhatkal’s Congress candidate Mankal Subba Vaidya’s face – with each other.

  • Uttara Kannada Superintendent of Police Vishnuvardhana N also issued a statement saying that police personnel present on the spot had confirmed that the flag was not that of Pakistan.

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How did we find out?: Using relevant keywords, we looked for reports on the incident.

  • We came across a report by TV9 Kannada that mentioned that the video was from Karnataka’s Bhatkal constituency, where a Congress candidate won in the state’s Assembly elections.

  • It said that an Islamic flag was raised and hoisted alongside a saffron flag at Samshuddin Circle.

  • A search for the street view of the circle on Google Maps confirmed that the location was Bhatkal’s Samshuddin Circle.

Uttara Kannada SP Vishnuvardhana N told the media that the flag raised in Bhatkal was not Pakistan's national flag.

The video was taken at Bhatkal's Samshuddin circle.

(Source: Twitter/Google Maps/Altered by The Quint)

  • We compared Pakistan’s national flag to the flag seen in the video, and saw that the flag in the viral video did not have a white stripe on the side.

Uttara Kannada SP Vishnuvardhana N told the media that the flag raised in Bhatkal was not Pakistan's national flag.

The flag is not Pakistan’s national flag.

(Source: Altered by The Quint)

Cops issue clarification: A news report by Vartha Bharati mentioned that the police had clarified that the flag was not that of Pakistan.

  • Uttara Kannada district’s Superintendent of Police Vishnuvardhana N told Vartha Bharati that no complaint was filed in this case as officers present on the spot had confirmed that it was not Pakistan’s flag.

  • “It was a religious flag, and it was not a Pakistani flag. We have confirmed it, and we request the social media users not to share any misleading information that could create communal unrest,” he told the news organisation.

Conclusion: The flag seen in the viral video is not Pakistan’s national flag.

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