A video showing a truck unloading waste onto a road is being falsely shared by social media users and some news outlets as an attempt by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to block protesters from reaching Jantar Mantar
BOOM found that the video is from Panipat, Haryana, where sanitation workers staged a protest and dumped garbage at Samidhan Chowk, GT Road on August 17, 2026.
Delhi was on high alert ahead of the October 10 protests, with heavy security and police presence, 57 metro stations closed, and several trains halted. On the day, authorities detained CJP members, a large number of protesters and several journalists. BOOM is covering the protests on the ground, and updates are available on our Instagram handle.
The Claim:
The two-minute video is being shared on social media with false claims that Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta deliberately dumped garbage on the roads to prevent protesters from entering Jantar Mantar.
News outlets like Deccan Herald and Centerist Nation TV also carried video reports with the same false claim.
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What We Found:
1) Old Video from Panipat filmed in August 17, 2026:
A reverse image search traced the video to a post dated August 17, 2026 from the Facebook handle @Journalistkulwantsingh. The caption mentioned a sanitation worker strike in Panipat.
2) News report of sanitation worker strike
We ran a keyword search and found a Dainik Bhaskar news report that featured the same video. Sanitation workers in Panipat staged a protest over several demands and dumped garbage at Samvidhan Chowk, GT Road on August 17, 2026.
We also geolocated the footage to GT Road in Panipat, spotting the same shops visible in the viral video.