We searched on Google using relevant keywords and came across an article by ‘Time8‘ that carried a screengrab of the viral video and mentioned that the incident took place in Guwahati in Assam.
The article identified the man seen in the video as one Akrul Sahini who was arrested for allegedly mixing urine in water used for cleaning utensils at his stall by the roadside.
Another report by Pratidin Time published on Friday, 20 August, mentioned that the 60-year-old Sahini, a street food vendor, is a resident of Bharalumukh’s Bhootnath area.
We then reached out to Jyoti Lahan, officer-in-charge of Bharalumukh police station who said that the accused is not from the Muslim community.
Evidently, a viral video of a vendor allegedly mixing urine with water was used to falsely claim that he is from the Muslim community.
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