: A video is viral on social media where a man wearing a saffron-colored turban and a long beard is being displayed on the 'Burj Khalifa' during a light show.

News Claim: A video is viral on social media where a man wearing a saffron-colored turban and a long beard is being displayed on the 'Burj Khalifa' during a light show. With this video, users are claiming that the picture of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, a religious leader of the Sikh community, was displayed on the 'Burj Khalifa' in Dubai. In the same days of June 1984, the Indian Army took military action on the Golden Temple and the Akal Takht, the highest religious place of the Sikhs.

 

 

News Verification:

Viral video investigated. In our investigation, the viral video turned out to be misleading. Bhindranwale's picture has been added to the original video by editing it. The viral video has tampered with the original The video is from 2018 when the Chinese New Year was celebrated in Dubai.  On searching with the help of keywords, a video of 3 minutes 35 seconds long was found on a YouTube channel named 'Faisal Safwan'. it is known that the viral video has been taken from here. In the part of the viral video where Bhindranwale's picture appears, the name of a real estate company named 'EMAAR' appears on Burj Khalifa in the same part of the original video.

 

News Verdict: In our investigation, the viral video related to Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale turned out to be misleading.

 

 

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