A video of a food safety raid, that was being widely circulated on social media, at a dhaba claimed to be Sukhdev Dhaba in Murthal has been found to be fake.
The video seen below was shared with captions like, “Kitchen of sukhdev Dhaba murthal raided. You will be shocked to see the state of food.”
The video is not from a raid on Amrik Sukhdev Dhaba in Murthal, it has been found.
The video has been circulating on Facebook and Whatsapp starting 30 May, with captions stating that it’s video of a Food Safety and Standards Authority of India’s (FSSAI) raid on Sukhdev Dhaba.
Some others have shared the video claiming that it shows a Health Department raid on a dhaba situated on the Delhi-Ambala-NH1 highway – which is not true.
This video, and another one like it, were originally uploaded in May 2017. The video in circulation is from a raid on Pappu Canteen in Ludhiana, which was reported by The Times of India on 13 May, a day after the original video emerged. The report adds that the canteen was closed down following the raid.
This proves that the video has been circulating online since 2017.
Now, to clarify, the above video and the current one in circulation are not the same.
However, they appear indisputably similar. The location in both videos, the placement of furniture, the location of the toilets, the placement of food containers in front of said toilets, even the way food is stacked in both videos is uncannily similar, suggesting that they’re from a raid on Pappu Canteen, Ludhiana, and NOT from a raid on Sukhdev Dhaba in Murthal.
Additionally, the report from the Times of India corroborates that the dhaba was indeed raided, during which food was discovered in the toilets.
Food was found stored in a washroom and rotten fruit and vegetables were found in stock. The district bar association has closed the canteen and filed a complaint with the civil surgeon.Excerpt from the Times of India report
In response to this video, which began doing the rounds on Youtube on 30 May and Facebook on 2 June, the owners of Sukhdev Dhaba released a statement clarifying that the video is fake and not from their kitchen, and have asked followers on Facebook to report the same as spam.
The Quint would like to thank Santosh Sahu for bringing this story to our notice.
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