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The claim

The viral video shows police serving food to Muslim students at an Iftar gathering organised by the police in Uttar Pradesh during the Samajwadi Party’s rule under Akhilesh Yadav.

Original publisher’s rating

MISLEADING

Reviewed by FACTLY ↗ ·

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Original review summary

The review says the video shows an Iftar hosted by Solapur Police Commissioner Harish Baijal for Urdu school students in Solapur, Maharashtra, on 27 April 2022—not an event in Uttar Pradesh. It concludes the video has no connection to events during Akhilesh Yadav’s term as chief minister.[S1]

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  1. [S1] FACTLY original review

    Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026

Original review: FACTLY. Structured data compiled by Data Commons under CC BY 4.0. Publisher article content is subject to its own terms. Summaries and context are produced by PeakMetrics with AI assistance.

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