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FACTLY

The video shows Pakistani flags tied to streetlight poles along a road in Chikodi, Karnataka.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerns a video said to show Pakistani flags tied to streetlight poles along a road in Chikodi, Karnataka. FACTLY reports that the video is indeed from Chikodi, but that the flags shown are Islamic flags, not Pakistani flags. It also reports that locals put them up with permission for the Milad-un-Nabi festival. The review describes two checks of the video and flags. It says the flag was compared with Pakistan’s flag: the Pakistani flag has a white stripe that is missing from the flag in the video. It also says Google Street View footage of Chikodi was compared with the video to establish the location. For context about why the flags were displayed, FACTLY says it contacted Chikodi police but received no response. It relays that Vishwas News had previously contacted the police, who said the flags were put up with permission to mark Milad-un-Nabi and were not Pakistani flags. Thus, the review’s evidence distinguishes the flag’s appearance and reported festival purpose from the claim that Pakistani flags were displayed.

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