{"id":162523,"date":"2023-08-03T20:25:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T14:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=162523"},"modified":"2023-08-03T20:25:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T14:55:08","slug":"cash-retrieved-from-water-pipe-2021-video-of-raid-on-karnataka-pwd-staffers-house-viral-with-false-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/cash-retrieved-from-water-pipe-2021-video-of-raid-on-karnataka-pwd-staffers-house-viral-with-false-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Cash retrieved from water pipe: 2021 Video of raid on Karnataka PWD staffer&#8217;s house viral with false claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video is viral on social media that shows several men removing sections of a water pipe, and then retrieving bundles of cash which were hidden within the pipe. Social media users have claimed that this raid was carried out by government officials on a PWD engineer&#8217;s house in Delhi, and they had retrieved Rs 19 crores in cash.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter Blue user Vineet Gupta posted the video on August 2 with the claim that the money was hidden by a central government employee from Delhi. (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230803101319\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/aapka_vineet\/status\/1686620271325978624\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0915\u0947\u0902\u0926\u094d\u0930\u0940\u092f \u092a\u0940\u0921\u092c\u094d\u0932\u094d\u092f\u0942\u0921\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u0907\u0902\u091c\u0940\u0928\u093f\u092f\u0930 \u0915\u0947 \u0918\u0930 \u091b\u093e\u092a\u093e,19 \u092a\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u093e\u0908\u092a \u0915\u093e\u091f\u0915\u0930 13 \u0915\u0930\u094b\u0921\u093c \u092c\u0930\u093e\u092e\u0926\u0964 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Og64Gp7le5\">pic.twitter.com\/Og64Gp7le5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vineet Gupta (@aapka_vineet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aapka_vineet\/status\/1686620271325978624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Several other users, like <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230803102239\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/priyarana3101\/status\/1686641423427538944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">@priyarana3101<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230803102406\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/liveankitknp\/status\/1686642862749036544\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">@liveankitknp<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230803102522\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/syedsaim_rauf\/status\/1686655023823081472\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">@syedsaim_rauf<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230803102707\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManojYaSp\/status\/1686455123776851968\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">@ManojYaSp<\/span><\/a> have also tweeted with the same claim.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-162523 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/cash-retrieved-from-water-pipe-2021-video-of-raid-on-karnataka-pwd-staffers-house-viral-with-false-claims\/screenshot_141\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"557\" height=\"791\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/Screenshot_141.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/Screenshot_141.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/Screenshot_141-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/cash-retrieved-from-water-pipe-2021-video-of-raid-on-karnataka-pwd-staffers-house-viral-with-false-claims\/screenshot_143\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"556\" height=\"808\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/Screenshot_143.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/Screenshot_143.jpg 556w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/Screenshot_143-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/cash-retrieved-from-water-pipe-2021-video-of-raid-on-karnataka-pwd-staffers-house-viral-with-false-claims\/screenshot_144\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"764\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/Screenshot_144.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/Screenshot_144.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/Screenshot_144-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/cash-retrieved-from-water-pipe-2021-video-of-raid-on-karnataka-pwd-staffers-house-viral-with-false-claims\/screenshot_145\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"557\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/Screenshot_145.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/Screenshot_145.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/Screenshot_145-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The video is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/posts?q=%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B0&amp;filters=eyJyZWNlbnRfcG9zdHM6MCI6IntcIm5hbWVcIjpcInJlY2VudF9wb3N0c1wiLFwiYXJnc1wiOlwiXCJ9In0%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">viral on Facebook<\/a> with the same claim.<\/p>\n<p>Alt News received requests on its WhatsApp helpline to fact-check the video.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-162564\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-03-182351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"844\" height=\"1204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-03-182351.jpg 844w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-03-182351-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-03-182351-718x1024.jpg 718w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-03-182351-768x1096.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 844px) 100vw, 844px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Fact Check<\/h4>\n<p>Alt News ran a relevant keyword search on Twitter and came across a tweet from media outlet CNN News 18 which shared on November 24, 2021. According to this tweet, the raid was carried out by anti-corruption bureau (ACB) agents on a PWD junior engineer&#8217;s (JE) house in Kalaburgi, Karnataka.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WATCH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WATCH<\/a> | ACB officials find money in the Pipeline of PWD Junior Engineer Shanta Gowda&#8217;s house in Kalaburagi, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Karnataka?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Karnataka<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mbNnhSRu40\">pic.twitter.com\/mbNnhSRu40<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 News18 (@CNNnews18) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNNnews18\/status\/1463447054571634689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The incident was also covered by news outlets like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thequint.com\/news\/india\/anti-corruption-raid-uncovers-pipeline-full-of-cash-in-bengaluru-engineers-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Quint<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/karnataka\/money-spills-out-of-pipe-during-acb-raid-on-pwd-junior-engineer\/article37662541.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hindu<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewsminute.com\/article\/watch-rs-13-lakh-cash-seized-drain-pipe-karnataka-govt-officials-home-157991\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The News Minute<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/scroll.in\/video\/1011370\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scroll<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The report in The Hindu identified the JE as Shanthagouda Biradar. He was attached to the Jewargi sub-division of PWD. His house was at Gubbi Colony in Kalaburgi.<\/p>\n<p>A video showing the cash bundles being retrieved by the ACB was also uploaded by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VRnAGzY6WC0&amp;ab_channel=HindustanTimes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hindustan Times<\/a> on November 25, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VRnAGzY6WC0]<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, Karnatak&#8217;s ACB had undertaken this operation in relation to unaccounted assets of government employees. The video shows a raid being carried out on the house of a junior engineer from the PWD. A sum of 13 Lakh in cash was recovered from the house pipe alone, and around 54 Lakh was seized in total.<\/p>\n<p>To sum it up, a 2021 video from the Kalaburgi district of Karnataka is being passed off as a recent case from Delhi. The amount seized by the anti-corruption bureau from the house pipe was 13 Lakh, and not 13 Crore, as suggested in the viral claims.<\/p>\n<p><em>Prantik Ali is an intern at Alt News.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video is viral on social media that shows several men removing sections of a water pipe, and then retrieving bundles of cash which were hidden within the pipe. 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