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Vijay’s Fans Shattered Coconuts After The Release of Movie “Leo” In Karumathampatti, Coimbatore, Users Made Political Narrative: Fact-Check

It has been claimed that supporters of the YSR Congress Party blocked the roads and broke hundreds of coconuts during the celebration after seeing a video showing a group of people smashing coconuts on the road.

Verified accounts on twitter, including Shelby (“@manishini9“) posted the video and wrote that many injuries happened after YSR Congress Party blocked the roads and shattered hundreds of cocunuts. The tweet was made on Oct 20,2023 and has reached to an almost 50.7k user accounts. The archive can be read from above.

What is the Actual Truth about the footage? : Fact

The truth is that, according to sources, fans in Karumathampatti, Coimbatore, celebrated the release of Vijay’s latest movie “Leo” by smashing hundreds of coconuts. It is not related to any political organisation.

Spark Media (“@SparkMedia_TN“) tweeted “On the occasion of today’s release of the movie Leo in Karumathambatti, Coimbatore, Traffic was disrupted for a while as Vijay fans broke hundreds of coconuts in the middle of the road #LeoMovie #LeoFDFS” after sharing the video on Oct 19,2023. The post was shared by 1k users.

On the release of Leo, Thalapathy Vijay fans stopped traffic and broke the coconut on the road. It was confirmed in an article which was published on Oct 21,2023,

D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:

Intent:

Influencers on social media are spreading movies from Tamil Nadu that make exaggerated claims in an attempt to criticise the Andhra Pradesh government.

Conclusion:

Claim : There has been a video circulated online showing people breaking hundreds of coconuts on the road. It purports that supporters of the YSR Congress Party blocked the roads during the celebration.

Fact : In actuality, fans in Karumathampatti, Coimbatore are reportedly smashing hundreds of coconuts in celebration of the premiere of Vijay’s new movie, “Leo”. It is not connected to any political party.

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