A video of police officers arresting two people from a railway station is gathering a lot of traction on social media. It has been claimed police arrested terrorists in Gujarat’s Dahod city. Sharing the video, Facebook user Akash Kumar wrote, “See how the brave soldiers of the country caught terrorists in Dahod station #Jaihind…”. It had garnered over 59,000 views at the time of writing.
वीर सैनिकों ने आतंकवादियो को पकड़ा दोहदा स्टेशन🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
देखिए कैसे दाहोद स्टेशन में देश के वीर सैनिकों ने आतंकवादियो को पकड़ा🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
#जयहिंद🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳#mockdrill
Posted by Aakash kumar on Monday, April 5, 2021
A Facebook page titled ‘E UP Hai Chacha’ also posted the video with the same claim, where it garnered 50 million views and 6,700 shares before it was deleted. (Archive link)
Facebook page ‘HN24 News’ shared the clip with the same claim. (Archive link)
हमारे देश के वीर #सैनिक जवानों ने दाहोद स्टेशन पर पकड़ा आतंकवादी को #जयहिन्द
हमारे देश के वीर #सैनिक जवानों ने दाहोद स्टेशन पर पकड़ा आतंकवादी को #जयहिन्द
Posted by HN24 News on Monday, April 5, 2021
It is being circulated widely on Facebook.
Fact-check
A closer look at the video confirms that it is from Dahod Railway Station.
Alt News performed a keyword search which led us to an article in the Gujarati newspaper Divya Bhaskar dated April 2. It states that on March 31, a mock drill was conducted in Dahod Railway Station. After the video went viral, rumours began spreading about terrorists being caught in areas around Dahod.
Therefore, a mock drill video at the railway station in Dahod city was shared as real. Social media users believed that terrorists were actually apprehended by the police. In the past, similar mock drill videos have been shared with misleading claims.
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