Old video of Pangong passed off as recent from Tawang
Social Media users are sharing a video claiming that it shows the scuffle between Indian Indian soldiers and China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) that broke out on December 9 in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh.
By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 15 Dec 2022 6:31 AM GMT
Hyderabad: Social Media users are sharing a video claiming that it shows the scuffle between Indian Indian soldiers and China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) that broke out on 9 December in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh.
A Twitter user shared the video claiming that several Indian soldiers were injured during the recent clash in Tawang. (Archive)
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Several other Twitter users have also shared the video. (Click here, here and here to see the post.)
Fact Check
NewsMeter performed a reverse image search of the video's keyframes and found it uploaded on YouTube on 31 May 2022, titled "China and Indian Army fight at Pangong Lake Ladakh 2020".
India Today journalist Shiv Aroor also tweeted this video on 17 June 2020 and said that the video is from Pangong.
We also found the screenshots of the video in an article published by India Today on 1 June 2020. It said that the video is undated and is from the banks of Ladakh's Pangong Tso.
It is evident that the video has been on the Internet since 2020. Hence, the claim that the video shows the recent clash in Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang is misleading.
