On Tuesday, after the video went viral, some people falsely claimed that the video of the mosque was ‘old’ and was from ‘Samastipur in Bihar’. After The Wire reporter initially confused between Ashok Vihar and Ashok Nagar, due to the similarity in the names of the two places, Delhi Police selectively clarified that no mosque was vandalised in Ashok Vihar but did not say anything about the occurrence of the incident.

To counter this narrative, some people were quick to claim that the video was from ‘Samastipur in Bihar’ and was an old one. In fact, Delhi Police too issued a “clarification” saying that no mosque was vandalised in Ashok Vihar (an initial confusion which was caused due to the similar name of two places, the other being Ashok Nagar), but said nothing about this incident.