{"id":102500,"date":"2021-09-04T16:04:24","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T10:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=102500"},"modified":"2021-09-04T16:04:24","modified_gmt":"2021-09-04T10:34:24","slug":"mock-drill-video-of-maharashtra-ahmadnagar-shared-as-real-bank-robbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/mock-drill-video-of-maharashtra-ahmadnagar-shared-as-real-bank-robbery\/","title":{"rendered":"Mock drill video believed to be actual robbery at Indian Overseas Bank, Ahmednagar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video is viral on social media with the claim that the police in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra caught robbers in Indian Overseas Bank, Shendi branch. The bank was closed but the police caught the robbers red-handed after they heard noises coming from inside, the claim furthers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/106309995111512\/videos\/979381929460282\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/106309995111512\/videos\/979381929460282\/\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Indian Overseas Bank, Shendi branch, Ahmednagar&#8230;..<br \/>\nRobbers caught red handed as people alerted police after hearing some sound coming from inside the bank. Bank was closed due to holiday.<br \/>\nSalute to our police !!<br \/>\n( please follow the page \ud83d\ude0a\ud83d\ude4f )<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Tv-Shows-106309995111512\/\">Tv Show&#8217;s<\/a> on Thursday, 2 September 2021<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Several Facebook pages have shared the video.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/crimecontrolts\/videos\/528303874928354\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/crimecontrolts\/videos\/528303874928354\/\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>#Live Bank #Robbery Ahmednagar Maharashtra<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/crimecontrolts\/\">Crime Control News<\/a> on Friday, 3 September 2021<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Alt News also received verification requests on its WhatsApp helpline number (+91 7600 11160).<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-102500 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/mock-drill-video-of-maharashtra-ahmadnagar-shared-as-real-bank-robbery\/screen-shot-2021-09-04-at-11-27-23-am\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-04-at-11.27.23-AM.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-04-at-11.27.23-AM.png 771w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-04-at-11.27.23-AM-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-04-at-11.27.23-AM-768x320.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/mock-drill-video-of-maharashtra-ahmadnagar-shared-as-real-bank-robbery\/screenshot_20210904-031539\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1274\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210904-031539.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210904-031539.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210904-031539-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210904-031539-1024x906.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_20210904-031539-768x679.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Mock drill<\/h4>\n<p>After searching for the video using keywords, we found that it is a mock drill video. The complete video was uploaded by &#8216;Mumbai Tak&#8217; on September 2. The video was indeed shot in Shendi, Ahmednagar. The viral portion starts after 2:16 minutes in the broadcast.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ahmednagar Police \u0926\u0932\u093e\u0928\u0947  \u0915\u0947\u0932\u0947 \u0926\u094b\u0928 \u0939\u093e\u0924 \u0939\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0930\u092c\u0902\u0926 \u0926\u0930\u094b\u0921\u0947\u0916\u094b\u0930\u093e\u0902\u0936\u0940 | Police Video | Maharashtra Police\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1C3oE1XBWGU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The mock drill was also reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VofFsKVQKCo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maharashtra Times<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saamana.com\/ahmednagar-shendi-bank-theft-mock-drill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saamana<\/a> on 1 September. According to these reports, the mock drill was conducted as a part of the Ahmednagar Village Security Team exercise. This was a practice session to provide immediate assistance in case of an emergency.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-102500 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/mock-drill-video-of-maharashtra-ahmadnagar-shared-as-real-bank-robbery\/2021-09-04-12_31_35-%e0%a4%ac%e0%a4%81%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%87%e0%a4%b5%e0%a4%b0-%e0%a4%aa%e0%a4%a1%e0%a4%b2%e0%a4%be-%e0%a4%a6%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%a1%e0%a4%be-5-%e0%a4%ae%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%a8%e0%a4%bf\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"956\" height=\"866\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/2021-09-04-12_31_35-\u092c\u0901\u0915\u0947\u0935\u0930-\u092a\u0921\u0932\u093e-\u0926\u0930\u094b\u0921\u093e-5-\u092e\u093f\u0928\u093f\u091f\u093e\u0924-\u091c\u092e\u0932\u0947-\u092a\u093e\u091a\u0936\u0947-\u0928\u093e\u0917\u0930\u093f\u0915-\u091a\u094b\u0930\u091f\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0902\u0928\u093e-\u0936\u093f\u0924\u093e\u092b\u0940\u0928\u0947-\u092a\u0915\u0921\u0932\u0902-\u092a\u0923\u2026-_.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/2021-09-04-12_31_35-\u092c\u0901\u0915\u0947\u0935\u0930-\u092a\u0921\u0932\u093e-\u0926\u0930\u094b\u0921\u093e-5-\u092e\u093f\u0928\u093f\u091f\u093e\u0924-\u091c\u092e\u0932\u0947-\u092a\u093e\u091a\u0936\u0947-\u0928\u093e\u0917\u0930\u093f\u0915-\u091a\u094b\u0930\u091f\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0902\u0928\u093e-\u0936\u093f\u0924\u093e\u092b\u0940\u0928\u0947-\u092a\u0915\u0921\u0932\u0902-\u092a\u0923\u2026-_.jpg 956w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/2021-09-04-12_31_35-\u092c\u0901\u0915\u0947\u0935\u0930-\u092a\u0921\u0932\u093e-\u0926\u0930\u094b\u0921\u093e-5-\u092e\u093f\u0928\u093f\u091f\u093e\u0924-\u091c\u092e\u0932\u0947-\u092a\u093e\u091a\u0936\u0947-\u0928\u093e\u0917\u0930\u093f\u0915-\u091a\u094b\u0930\u091f\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0902\u0928\u093e-\u0936\u093f\u0924\u093e\u092b\u0940\u0928\u0947-\u092a\u0915\u0921\u0932\u0902-\u092a\u0923\u2026-_-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/2021-09-04-12_31_35-\u092c\u0901\u0915\u0947\u0935\u0930-\u092a\u0921\u0932\u093e-\u0926\u0930\u094b\u0921\u093e-5-\u092e\u093f\u0928\u093f\u091f\u093e\u0924-\u091c\u092e\u0932\u0947-\u092a\u093e\u091a\u0936\u0947-\u0928\u093e\u0917\u0930\u093f\u0915-\u091a\u094b\u0930\u091f\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0902\u0928\u093e-\u0936\u093f\u0924\u093e\u092b\u0940\u0928\u0947-\u092a\u0915\u0921\u0932\u0902-\u092a\u0923\u2026-_-768x696.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 956px) 100vw, 956px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/mock-drill-video-of-maharashtra-ahmadnagar-shared-as-real-bank-robbery\/maharashtra-times\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1674\" height=\"911\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/maharashtra-times.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/maharashtra-times.jpg 1674w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/maharashtra-times-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/maharashtra-times-1024x557.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/maharashtra-times-768x418.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/maharashtra-times-1536x836.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1674px) 100vw, 1674px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>A video of a mock drill held in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra was shared as a real incident of a bank robbery. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?s=mock+drill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mock drill videos<\/a> are often believed to be genuine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video is viral on social media with the claim that the police in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra caught robbers in Indian Overseas Bank, Shendi branch. The bank was closed but the police caught the robbers red-handed after they heard noises coming from inside, the claim furthers. &nbsp; Indian Overseas Bank, Shendi branch, Ahmednagar&#8230;.. Robbers caught red [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":102507,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[133],"class_list":["post-102500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-videos","an_content_type-fact-check"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/mock-drill-ahmednagar.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102500"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102512,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102500\/revisions\/102512"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102500"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=102500"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=102500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}