A video of a street food vendor urinating into a mug that he later empties into a bucket kept on his cart has been going viral on social media platforms. Twitter user Pawan Saxena shared the footage. (Archive link)

Facebook user 'Bhagwa Rakshak' garnered more than 16,000 views for the video. (Archive link)

https://www.facebook.com/100046721091107/videos/358234062519002

Twitter handle 'हम लोग We The People' tweeted the video identifying the man as Khalil Bhai. (Archive link). Another handle named @cbpunjabi also shared it with the same claim.

The video is widespread on Facebook with the claim that the man caught urinating was 'Khalil Bhai'.

Fact-check

Alt News performed a reverse image search using stills from the video which led us to a few media reports. On August 20, Pratidin Time reported that a puchka vendor was arrested in Guwahati for mixing his urine with water. A video of this incident had gone viral on social media which is how the incident came to light. The accused was identified as 60-year-old Akrul Sahani, a resident of the Bhoothnath area. Once the visuals surfaced, locals were quite angered. According to Pratidin Time, the police are still investigating the whole matter.

Media organizations like Time 8, Parag News, Guwahati Plus also covered the incident. A news channel named 'DY365' similarly identified the man in the video as Akrul Sahani.

Parag News also released a video report on the matter.

We found that the oldest instance of the video was posted on August 14 by Amar Jyoti Bordoloi.

https://www.facebook.com/amarjyoti.bordoloi.77/videos/348622946810091

Alt News reached out to Bordoloi and he informed, "I recorded this video on August 14. I also shared it on Facebook. The police arrested the accused in this case. As far as I know, this hawker is not from the Muslim community."

Bharalumukh police station in charge Jyoti Lahana confirmed the same to Aaj Tak. The outlet reported that Lahana said the hand-cart is owned by Akrul Sahani, a resident of Bihar, who hails from the Hindu community.