Fact Check: Woman in Manohar Lal Dhakad's viral video ready to marry him? No, here is the truth
A video has been circulating on social media, claiming to show the woman filmed in an obscene act on the highway with Manohar Lal Dhakad expressing her willingness to marry him.
By Md Mahfooz Alam
Claim:The video shows the woman filmed in the obscene act with Manohar Lal Dhakad expressing her willingness to marry him.
Fact:The claim is false. The video shows a woman talking about film director Sanoj Mishra in connection with a sexual harassment complaint. The woman in the viral obscene act has yet to be identified.
Hyderabad: In the context of the viral CCTV footage from the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway allegedly showing Manohar Lal Dhakad, a local political figure from Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh, engaging in an obscene act with a woman outside a car, another video has surfaced and is circulating widely on social media.
A Facebook post suggests that the woman seen in this newly surfaced video is the same individual involved in the controversial act.
In the video, she allegedly tells the media that she is willing to marry Dhakad. The Hindi text overlaid on the video reads, āThe girl is ready to marry Manohar Lal Dhakad.ā Using a cricket metaphor, it further says, āManohar Lal Dhakad batted on the same pitch,ā referring to the woman as the āpitch.ā (Archive)
Fact Check
NewsMeter found that the claim is false, as the woman in the video is actually referring to film director Sanoj Mishra, expressing her willingness to marry him.
Upon reviewing the viral video, we noticed that the woman is actually speaking about marrying an individual named Sanoj and is also claiming that the rape allegations against him are false.
A microphone bearing the logo of A2Z News TV is visible in the footage. After a search on YouTube, we found that the channel had published several clips (links here and here) from the same interview in April 2025. According to the video titles and descriptions, the woman is the same person who had previously accused director Sanoj Mishra and had him sent to jail, but has now retracted her allegations.
In the videos, the woman claims she was in a live-in relationship with Mishra for five years and that they used to have fights like any typical family.
She said, āUnder the influence of others, I filed a case against him.ā She further stated that the rape charges are false and that she is now ready to marry him.
What is the case about Sanoj Mishra?
Following this lead, we conducted a keyword search and came across reports by India Today and The Hindu, dated May 31.
According to these reports, the Delhi High Court granted bail to film director Sanoj Mishraāwho had previously made headlines for offering a role to Monalisa, the viral Mahakumbh Mela girlāin connection with a rape case.
In its order, the High Court noted that this appeared to be yet another instance of a āfalse sexual harassment complaint.ā Mishra, 45, was granted bail after the woman involved submitted an affidavit stating that she had been in a consensual live-in relationship with him. She also stated that she had filed the rape complaint under the influence of some of Mishraās professional rivals.
Has the woman in the viral obscene act been identified?
According to a Times of India report dated May 26, authorities have yet to ascertain her identity. During interrogation, Dhakad did not disclose any details about the woman.
Similarly, NewsMeter debunked two videos that have been circulating online, falsely claiming to show Lubna Qureshi, the person who was allegedly filmed in a lewd act with Dhakad on the highway.
Therefore, we conclude that the video does not show the woman filmed in the obscene act on the highway with Dhakad expressing her willingness to marry him. The claim is false.
