evidence: Against the backdrop of the Congress victory in the Karnataka Assembly elections, a video has gone viral on social media platforms showing a young boy offering prayers (namaz) in the middle of a road halting vehicular traffic. A policeman can also be seen in the video diverting cars allowing the boy to offer his prayers. [...] We also noticed that the same video was widely shared in March 2023 and there was a controversy around it since the boy was offering prayers in the middle of the street obstructing traffic causing inconvenience to others. Algerian news presenter Ania El Afandi shared this video in the middle of this row with a caption that said "A child prays on the road and obstructs traffic…. no comment!". [...] The post Fact check: Video of boy praying in the middle of a road is not from Karnataka appeared first on Alt News.