New Delhi, Dec 19: A video was recently shared on social media with users claiming that it showed two people allegedly rescuing Hindu girls from a Muslim man’s house. The video showed the girls crying and covered in bruises, who were allegedly kept in a cupboard after being abducted. However, the PTI Fact Check Desk found that a scripted video was shared on social media as real with a false communal claim.
Claim
A Facebook user shared on December 15 a video, claiming that it showed several Hindu women being rescued from a Muslim man’s house. The video was shared with the caption, “Muslim boys kidnap Hindu girls.”
Here’s the link, archive link, and screenshot of the post.
Investigation
The Desk ran the keyframes of the viral video through Google Lens and came across a YouTube video posted by a channel named ‘Naveen Jangra’ on February 12, 2023. The content in the video was the same as the viral clip.
Here’s the link, archive link, and screenshot of the YouTube video.
Below is a combination image, which shows that the content in the viral video is the same as that of the YouTube channel.
The Desk watched the video and found that it contains a disclaimer at the 22-second mark stating it should be consumed for “entertainment purpose only”.
Here’s the screenshot of the disclaimer posted in the video.
Further, to corroborate the details, the Desk also scanned through other videos uploaded on the YouTube channels and found many scripted videos like the viral clip.
Subsequently, the Desk concluded that the viral video was scripted and was shared as a real incident, with a false communal claim.
CLAIM
A viral video shows Hindu women being rescued from a Muslim man’s house, who were abducted and tortured.
FACT
A scripted video was shared a real incident on social media.
CONCLUSION
Multiple social media users shared a video, claiming that it showed two persons rescuing several Hindu girls, who were abducted and tortured by a Muslim man. In its investigation, the Desk found that a scripted video was shared on social media as a real incident with a false communal claim.
