Did the Karnataka Police remove the Pakistan flag from a Tamilnadu car?
Claim
Karnataka police stopped a Tamil Nadu car carrying a Pakistani flag and hoisted our national flag.
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Description
In a 43-second video, a Karnataka policemen replacing the Pakistan flag with ours country after stopping a car with Tamil Nadu registration number on it has gone viral on social media. It has also been published in Tamil Nadu news as it has gone viral on social media.
According to Malaimalar and Thandi TV, the Electronic City Traffic Police raided a vehicle in the Veerachandra area near the Electronic City in Bangalore. At that time a car with Pakistan flag was coming from Tamil Nadu towards Bangalore. The traffic police noticed this and stopped the car. Then 2 people who came in the car were asked about the Pakistani flag. But, they did not answer correctly.
Following this, the police advised the two persons regarding this. Police then replaced it with the Indian national flag on the front of the car and sent the car away. Related videos are currently going viral on social media. Many who have seen this video have expressed their gratitude for the patriotism of the traffic police. ”
Fact Check
Bangalore Electronic City police have misunderstood the front of the car as the flag of Pakistan. The flag most often used in India as the Muslim League Party and Muslim organizations is the flag with the crescent star engraved in green.
The flag in the viral video is not belongs to Pakistan, but the flag of the Indian Union Muslim League party. The flag of Pakistan is white on the left where it is not available in viral video.
Many people are posting in the news that it is wrong to put the national flag in the car of individuals, and they’re criticizing the traffic police for not to know the difference between the Pakistani flag and the Muslim League party flag in India.
This is not the first time that false news of photos of the Pakistan flying the Indian flag in India have spread on social media. It is noteworthy that even before this, the flag of the Indian Union Muslim League and Muslim parties were spread on social media as the flag of Pakistan.
Explanation
In our search, we came to know that the flag of the Indian Union Muslim League flag is misunderstood as the flag of Pakistan in the video which was spread as “Karnataka police stopped a Tamil Nadu car carrying a Pakistani flag and replaced it with our national flag”.
