CCTV footage of a tiger pouncing on a man and dragging him away is viral on social media and is being shared as an incident from Brahmapuri, in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district.
According to the timestamp on the footage, the incident occurred on October 31, 2025, around 6:42 PM.
X user Himmu (@Himmu86407253) shared the video, claiming that the CCTV recording was from the Brahmapuri forest guest house. (Archive)
सीसीटीवी रिकॉर्डिंग at ब्राह्मपुरी फारेस्ट गेस्ट हाउस. (चंद्रपुर डिस्ट्रिक)👇👇👇 pic.twitter.com/d4SGS2Fu6N
— Himmu (@Himmu86407253) November 7, 2025
The post garnered around 850,000 views.
Another X user, Harsh Panday (@harshpanday2015), also shared the video and made similar claims. (Archive)
The post has now been deleted.
Several other users made similar claims; a few of them can be seen in the gallery below.
The video and the accompanying claim are also viral on WhatsApp. Alt News received requests to verify the clip.
Fact Check
A closer examination of the video revealed multiple inconsistencies, raising doubts over its authenticity.
First, we noticed that in several frames, the man and the tiger appear to blend unnaturally with the background. Visuals below:
The second inconsistency was that the tiger’s movement caused a cloud of dust, but the leaves scattered on the ground remained completely still.
Thirdly, we noticed that after the tiger attacked the man, the shadow cast by the fallen chair was facing the wrong way.
Further, we also found an X post by the district information office, Chandrapur, from on November 7, 2025, stating that the Brahmpuri tiger attack video was fake and had been generated with the help of artificial intelligence.
ब्रम्हपुरीत वाघाच्या हल्ल्याचा व्हिडीओ बनावट
➡️ब्रम्हपुरी वनविभागातील वनविश्रामगृह येथे एका इसमावर वाघाच्या हल्ल्याचा व्हिडीओ बनावट असून सदर व्हिडीओ कृत्रिम बुद्धिमत्तेच्या (Artificial Intelligence – AI) साहाय्याने तयार केला आहे.
More information⬇️https://t.co/xXQg9woqRk pic.twitter.com/IDnFg9Kilb— DISTRICT INFORMATION OFFICE, CHANDRAPUR (@InfoChandrapur) November 7, 2025
PIB Maharashtra also debunked the claim, clarifying that the viral video was not genuine CCTV footage, but AI-generated.
A video is being shared widely on social media claiming to be the CCTV footage from Brahmapuri, Chandrapur (Maharashtra) showing an incident inside a forest guest house.
❌The claim is #FAKE
✅The video is AI-generated and not an actual CCTV recording.
✅ No such incident has… pic.twitter.com/aCd0WSU8QJ
— PIB in Maharashtra 🇮🇳 (@PIBMumbai) November 7, 2025
To sum up, the viral CCTV footage showing a tiger pouncing on a man and dragging him away from the Brahmapuri forest guest house in Maharashtra does not depict an actual incident and is likely generated using artificial intelligence.
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