Lighthouse Journalism found a video being widely circulated on social media platforms, with the claim that people in Uttar Pradesh shouted ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans during the Urs celebration in Deoria in Uttar Pradesh.
However, upon investigation, we found that the viral claim is false. The actual slogan being chanted in the video is ‘Five Star Zindabad’.
Claim:
X user Deepak Sharma shared the viral video with a false claim.
Other users are also sharing the same video with a similar claim.
Investigation:
We found that Deoria police had already posted a reply on one of the posts.
The post said: Deoria Police’s rebuttal regarding a video being misleadingly circulated on social media during the Muharram festival procession on the dates 06/07.07.2025.
The image shared by Deoria police said (translation): In reference to a video circulating on social media with the claim that ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans were raised during a Moharram procession on the night of July 6. 7, 2025, an investigation was conducted by the City Circle Officer. It was found that the video in question shows members of a local akhara (traditional wrestling club) named ‘Five Star Club’, from the Kotwali police station area. The members were chanting ‘Five Star Zindabad Zindabad’ in support of their club and not “Pakistan Zindabad” as falsely claimed.
This slogan is being deliberately misrepresented on social media platforms to create a misleading narrative. These claims are entirely false, baseless, and intended to spread misinformation. The procession concluded peacefully under the effective supervision of the local police. Individuals found spreading such misleading and factually incorrect content will be identified, and appropriate legal action will be taken as per the law. Deoria Police strongly denies and refutes this fabricated and misleading news.
We found that some people in the video wore a green-colored T-shirt with five stars drawn on it. We did two keyword searches on Instagram, “Five Star Akhada Deoria” and “Five Star Club Deoria”.
This led us to a video uploaded on 7th July by an Instagram user.

Though we didn’t find the same video, we found a few videos from the Five Star Club.

Conclusion: Viral video claiming that “Pakistan Zindabad” slogans were raised in Deoria is false. Deoria Police have clarified that the actual slogan was “Five Star Zindabad,” referring to a local akhara.