{"id":109488,"date":"2021-12-30T23:23:05","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T17:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=109488"},"modified":"2021-12-31T16:58:27","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T11:28:27","slug":"staged-child-kidnapping-video-believed-to-be-true-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/staged-child-kidnapping-video-believed-to-be-true-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Staged child kidnapping video believed to be true on social media"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several social media users have posted a video that shows multiple people allegedly apprehending a man who kidnapped a minor girl in a suitcase.<\/p>\n

Twitter users @iPSingh_CE<\/a>, @Rana_Jasvir_007<\/a>, @abufawaz24<\/a> were among those who shared the video. User Rana_Jasvir_007 posted this video as a reply and gained over 1,000 views.<\/p>\n

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Using CrowdTangle, a social media monitoring tool, we found that this video was posted by several Facebook pages and groups. For instance, it was posted on Madhubani Laukahi Live<\/a> [over 50K likes], \u0935\u093f\u0936\u094d\u0935 \u0917\u0941\u0930\u0941 \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 [over 30K followers], Public live<\/a> [30K followers] Congress Fight Back ! \u0915\u0943\u092a\u092f\u093e \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 100 \u092e\u093f\u0924\u094d\u0930\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u0908\u0936 \u0917\u094d\u0930\u0941\u092a \u092e\u0947 \u091c\u094b\u0921\u093c\u0947\u0902<\/a> [over 98K followers] and others.<\/p>\n

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We received over a dozen requests to verify this claim on our WhatsApp helpline number (+91 76000 11160).<\/p>\n

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Staged video<\/h4>\n

The usual techniques such as reverse image search, keyword search and rummaging the comments section didn’t give us any leads. However, in the third week of December, we had debunked<\/a> a similar video and found that it was staged.<\/p>\n

In the process of our research, we connected with Bhagwant Singh Rupal, a fact-checker at Punjab-based Rozana Spokesman. Rupal shared a YouTube video<\/a> with us where a user claimed that a channel named ‘Bharti prank’ has made the clip and it is fake.<\/p>\n

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Using this as a clue, Rupal led us to the original video. It was posted by Facebook user Raju Bharti<\/a>. This is a scripted video and has been shared with the caption, “This page features fictional videos; all characters appearing in the video are fictitious. The videos made are inspired by true events and are made with a motto to spread social awareness. We don’t mean to defame, disrespect any religion, caste, nationality, sex, gender or any individual in any manner.[sic]”. This video has over 20 million views.<\/p>\n

The readers should note that the video itself doesn’t have any disclaimer.<\/p>\n

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Raju Bharti has posted multiple such prank videos. He can be spotted in them wearing a red cap. (1<\/a>, 2<\/a>, 3<\/a>)<\/p>\n