Fact Check: Video of arrest from film shoot shared as real incident
NewsMeter found that the video is from a film shoot.
By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 10 Aug 2023 12:30 PM GMT
Screengrab from the Facebook post.
Hyderabad: A video claiming to show police officials pinning down a man at gunpoint has gone viral on social media. Users have shared the video commenting that these types of actions are possible under āa double-engine governmentā, suggesting that the video is from a BJP-ruled state.
(Image courtesy: Facebook)
Fact Check
NewsMeter found that the video is from a film shoot.
On performing a reverse image search of the videoās keyframe, we found the same video posted on Facebook by a user named Vipin Pandey. The caption read, āComing soon video So please support my youtube channel. (sic)ā He also shared a link to his YouTube channel.
(Courtesy:Facebook)
In the comment section, Vipin said that the video was taken at the time of the shooting. He also requested people not to write wrong comments and asked people to watch the full video on his YouTube channel.
We then found around 12 minutes long film on his YouTube channel. The same actor features in the film after 8.02 minutes.
We also found the viral clip published on Vipinās YouTube channel.
Hence, we conclude that a viral clip of a film shoot is being falsely shared as an actual incident from a BJP-ruled state.
