{"id":77946,"date":"2020-10-15T15:28:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T09:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=77946"},"modified":"2020-10-15T17:07:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T11:37:16","slug":"old-videos-falsely-shared-as-crocodiles-spotted-in-hyderabad-during-heavy-rains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-videos-falsely-shared-as-crocodiles-spotted-in-hyderabad-during-heavy-rains\/","title":{"rendered":"Old videos falsely shared as crocodiles spotted in Hyderabad during heavy rains"},"content":{"rendered":"

A video showing a crocodile in a water-logged residential area being pulled out by a man is doing the rounds on social media with the claim that the incident took place in Hyderabad.<\/p>\n

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#Hyderabad<\/a> Crocodile \ud83d\udc0a Video<\/p>\n

At least 13 people killed as heavy rains batter Hyderabad#HyderabadRains<\/a> #HyderabadFloods<\/a> #HyderabadRain<\/a> #hyderabadheavyrains<\/a> #Hyderabadnow<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/E8ZZ98cTVS<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 SwePost (@sweposten) October 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The video has also been shared on WhatsApp.<\/p>\n

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Another video has been shared with similar claims. “Crocodile In Musa Nadi #HyderabadRains #Hyderabad,” the widely circulating text reads.<\/p>\n

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Crocodile In Musa Nadi #HyderabadRains<\/a> #Hyderabad<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/YItVcjzHCh<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Mohd Arshad (@Arsh25119) October 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Incessant rains in Telangana has taken at least 32 lives<\/a>. Capital city Hyderabad has been “reeling under severe waterlogging and inundation of some low-lying areas,” reported Deccan Chronicle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fact-check<\/h4>\n

Both videos do not represent incidents that took place recently during Hyderabad rains.<\/p>\n

Video 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first video was viral last year during Bihar floods with the claim that a crocodile was spotted in Patna. This itself debunks the currently widespread claim.<\/p>\n

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Crocodile In Patna during Heavy rain .<\/a><\/p>\n

Crocodile In Patna.<\/p>\n

Posted by Shiksha Point<\/a> on Sunday, 29 September 2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Listening to the people conversing in the video, Alt News found that the crowd was speaking in Gujarati. We subsequently performed a Google search with relevant keywords and found a video posted by The Times of India<\/a> on August 4, 2019. The broadcast carried visuals of the rescue operation from a different angle.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=36nFL6VGeGI&t=4s<\/a><\/p>\n

A ten-foot-long crocodile was rescued by forest officials from a society in Vadsar, Vadodara, Gujarat. “Due to waterlogging by the ongoing heavy rains, further incidents of crocodiles entering Vadodara\u2019s housing complexes have been recorded. Following last week\u2019s viral video of a crocodile attacking a dog inside Lalbaug\u2019s Rajsthamb society, a team of rescuers captured another reptile at night from the entrance of a house,” reads the caption of the video.<\/p>\n

Incidentally, the Telugu vertical of The Times of India, Samayam<\/a>, published a story on October 14, 2020 claiming that the crocodile was spotted in Hyderabad.<\/p>\n

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Hyderabad City Police put out an alert on the misinformation.<\/p>\n

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#Fakevideo<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/0OCjvdbBY4<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Hyderabad City Police (@hydcitypolice) October 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Video 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

We found old links<\/a> of the second video which said that the crocodile was spotted in NTPC-Farakka, Murshidabad, West Bengal. The clip below was uploaded on YouTube in February 2018.<\/p>\n