No, this video shows a road rage incident in the Indian state of Maharashtra

The 29-second video was shared here on Facebook on February 24, 2020.

It shows a group of men attacking a bus driver with sticks before attempting to enter the vehicle.

Below is a screenshot of the misleading post:

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The post’s Hindi-language caption translates to English as: “The 15 crores playing their role just before killing a Delhi police constable.”

“15 crores” is a reference to Muslims in India, a term coined by the Indian politician Waris Pathan, who has been accused of encouraging communal clashes by alleging “15 crores [Muslims] can outgun 100 crores [Hindus]” during an anti-citizenship law rally in Karnataka on February 16.

Delhi has seen its worst sectarian violence in decades; an escalation of clashes between Hindus and Muslims protesting against India’s citizenship law has now adopted communal overtones, with at least 27 dead and more than 200 injured in the riots after they broke out on February 23, 2020. Here is an AFP report on the ongoing violence. 

The same video was also published here, here, here and here on Facebook, and here on Twitter with a similar claim.

The claim is false; the video actually shows a road rage incident in Kannad, a town in Aurangabad district in the Indian state of Maharashtra, some 700 miles away from Delhi.

A keyword search found this longer version of the same video published on the YouTube channel of Indian TV channel  ABP Majha, published February 18, 2020, almost five days before the violence began in India’s capital.