After reports emerged that an Indian blogger was detained in Turkey for performing obscene acts, a video went viral on social media in which a man is seen recording his chat with a female police officer from Canada while praising her smile and physical appearance. It is written on the video that the police officer looks like an ‘OnlyFans’ model. Social media users are sharing the video criticizing the behaviour of the man, who, according to them, is an Indian.

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A handle named Crime Reports India described the man recording the video as an Indian. (Archived link)

Quote-tweeting the viral video posted by another user, journalist and CEO of Rift TV Elijah Schaffer criticized Indian culture. (Archived link)

Another user amplified the video and wrote that the Indian man compared a Toronto police officer to an OnlyFans model. Along with this, he also questioned why such miscreants had not been deported to their native country of India. (Archived link)

Fact Check

Alt News found the Instagram handle of the creator of this video, and the same individual who had first uploaded it. When we examined Jacojaki21’s Instagram account, we found that the user had posted several videos criticising Indians and making racist comments about them. This raises doubts about the claim that the man is an Indian.

Continuing our investigation further, we discovered that the videos uploaded by Jacojaki on Instagram also featured the username of the YouTube channel run by him named Monkey Donkey Brain. When we examined the content posted by this channel, we found that the user had uploaded several videos related to Sri Lankans living in Canada, including a Sri Lankan Fest, videos of Sri Lankans playing cricket, and videos related to a Sri Lankan Tamil mall in Canada, among others. In the video made in front of a Sri Lankan mall in Canada, Jacojaki said, “The Sri Lanka Festival is held every year in August, it is really great. I like it very much, I feel like I am in my own country.”

In addition, we also found a video uploaded on this channel on August 16, 2024. The description of the video stated, “I am a guy from Sri Lanka living in Toronto, Canada for the last 26 years.”  He added that while he was aware of the potential consequences and dangers of talking to strangers, he liked the outcome of social experiments and seeing how people reacted in odd situations like his ‘monkey donkey’ behaviour.

So to sum up, many users shared a video of a man of Sri Lankan origin and falsely labeled him as Indian, using the footage to criticise Indians and question Indian culture.

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About the Author

Abhishek is a senior fact-checking journalist and researcher at Alt News. He has a keen interest in information verification and technology. He is always eager to learn new skills, explore new OSINT tools and techniques. Prior to joining Alt News, he worked in the field of content development and analysis with a major focus on Search Engine Optimization (SEO).