Fact Check: Old video falsely linked to India-Pakistan match in T20 World Cup

Hyderabad: A video of some security force personnel beating up a person and forcing him to raise 'Pakistan Murdabad' slogans, is viral on social media.

Users claim he was thrashed because he was celebrating the victory of Pakistan in the T20 match.

पाकिस्तान की जीत पर जिन इलाकों में पटाखे फूटे थे और जश्न मनाया गया था उनको हमारी भारतीय सेना के जवान ढूंढ ढूंढ कर सीधे कर रहे हैं🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/I4dcoTdFAQ

— ब्याहुत मुरारी🙏🚩#प्रशासक_समिति (@__ByahutMurari) October 28, 2021

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*पाकिस्तान की जीत पर जिन इलाकों में पटाखे फूटे थे और जश्न मनाया गया था उनको हमारी भारतीय सेना के जवान ढूंढ ढूंढ कर सीधे कर रहे हैं*🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/24dDM1rOT2

— RANA KUMAR (@RANAKUM52637072) October 28, 2021

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Fact Check

The claim is False.

NewsMeter performed a Google Reverse Image Search which led the team to a video uploaded on the YouTube channel 'Mps Entertainment' that was uploaded on July 18, 2017.

The description of the video read, "Stone pelters are being taught a lesson in Kashmir." The visuals of the viral video can be seen from 2:07 minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwyiv41ZE5k

The team found that the video was uploaded on another YouTube channel 'Baba Creative' on July 19, 2017. It is a longer version of the viral video. In the video, officials are seen questioning the main. He pleads that he had put up the video by mistake and starts apologizing.

https://youtu.be/aYS97AMS1FA?t=159

Meanwhile, this video was also uploaded on another YouTube channel 'Islah video3' on June 30, 2017.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxqfToeXf3E

It is therefore evident that the viral claim is False. The video dates back to 2017 and has nothing to do with the Indo-Pak match.