Viral video claims a terrorist was arrested at Jaipur/Delhi airport. What is the truth? - Alt News
Jignesh Patel
1st September 2018 / 8:33 pm
“जयपुर एयरपोर्ट पर आंतकवादी पकड़ा गया” (A terrorist arrested at Jaipur airport -translated) is a caption of a video shared by a Facebook Page, News Rajasthan where a man can be seen prostrated on the ground with his hands and legs tied behind his back.
#जयपुर #एयरपोर्ट पर #आंतकवादी पकड़ा गया ।
Posted by News Rajasthan on Wednesday, 29 August 2018
Oriental Times India has also shared the same video stating, “जयपुर एयरपोर्ट पर एक आतंकी ने अंधाधुंध फायरिंग शुरू कर दी लेकिन जवानों की मुस्तेदी के कारण कोई हताहत नहीं हुआ” (A terrorist started firing recklessly at Jaipur airport but there were no causalities as the troops acted promptly -translated).
फिर एक बार मोदी सरकार (Once again Modi government -translated), a Facebook page has also shared the same video with a different text stating, “A jihadi (terrorist) pig was caught at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport … what should be the punishment, Share this and like the page (translated).” It was viewed more than 96000 times and shared more than 2500 times at the time of writing.
दिल्ली के इंदिरा गांधी अंतरराष्ट्रीय हवाई अड्डे पर एक जिहादी (आतंकवादी) सुवर को पकड़ा गया… क्या सजा होनी चाहिए
शेयर करें पेज लाइक करें
Posted by फिर एक बार मोदी सरकार on Sunday, 19 August 2018
Many Facebook users have shared the same video claiming it to be either of Jaipur or Delhi airport.
Alt News did a Google reverse image search of the keyframes with help of Invid, a chrome extension and found a fact-check article published by The Quint on August 31, 2018. A 27-year-old former bodyguard was arrested by the on-duty CISF personnel in an intoxicated condition at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport.
A report published by Deccan Chronicle on August 18, 2018 stated, “The incident took place on the intervening night of August 16 and 17 when the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel manning the outermost checkpost of the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport flagged down a taxi on the basis of suspicion. The security personnel were taken aback as the passenger on the back seat kicked the driver out of the vehicle, took his position and tried to speed away, a senior police official said.” He allegedly hit at least two CISF men and even made an attempt to snatch a pistol from a jawan, who subsequently fired two gunshots in the air in order to bring the situation under control.
According to News18, the person was identified as Shankar, a resident of Sangam Vihar in Delhi.
Another video of the same incident is also being circulated on social media with similar claims. That the two videos represent the same incident was determined by observing similarities between them and correlating with the facts associated with the incident. This video also includes a man prostrated with security personnel trying to control him. Similar orange coloured traffic cones, which are often seen in airports, can be observed in the area around the suspect in both the videos. Moreover, an individual in the video can be heard stating, “Two shots were fired“. A clipping of the below video was also posted on Twitter by Pioneer journalist Shekhar Singh claiming it to be representative of the same incident.
जयपुर एयरपोर्ट पर पकड़ा गया आतंकवादी
Posted by भारतीय नवनिर्माण सेना on Tuesday, 28 August 2018
Sharing of sensational videos with false context is a tried-and-tested strategy for fake news purveyors. In this instance, a basic search would have revealed that the video has nothing to do with terrorism. Social media users are encouraged to make use of online tools for verification so that such misinformation can be countered in real-time.
Jignesh is a writer and researcher at Alt News. He has a knack for visual investigation with a major interest in fact-checking videos and images. He has completed his Masters in Journalism from Gujarat University.
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