2021 video of a police aspirant caught cheating while appearing for the UP Sub-Inspector examination shared as a recent one - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
November 2, 2023
A video is being shared on social media claiming that the visuals show a person caught cheating during a government examination recently conducted by the Uttar Pradesh government. The video shows police removing a wig with Bluetooth set up from the student’s head. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: A recent video of a person who was caught by police while attempting to cheat in the UP government examination.
Fact: The post shared a 2021 video of a UP student who was caught wearing a wig with Bluetooth set up while appearing for the examination of UP Sub-Inspector. Even recently, there are reports of students being caught cheating during the UPSSSC PET examination. However, the video shared in the post is old and not related to the recent government examinations conducted by the Uttar Pradesh government. Hence, the claim made in the post is Misleading.
On reverse image search of the screenshots of the video, we found screen grabs from the video in an article published by India TV on 22 December 2021. The news site reported it is the visuals of a police aspirant who was caught wearing a wig with bluetooth set up while appearing for the UP Sub-Inspector examination. Reporting the same, Jagran also published an article in December 2021.
IPS Rupin Sharma tweeted this video on 21 December 2021 confirming that the video shows a UP police aspirant caught with a Bluetooth-equipped wig while appearing for the UP Sub-Inspector examination conducted in 2021.
#UttarPradesh mein Sub-Inspector
की EXAM mein #CHEATING #nakal के शानदार जुगाड़ ☺️☺️😊😊😊@ipsvijrk @ipskabra @arunbothra@renukamishra67@Uppolice well done pic.twitter.com/t8BbW8gBry
Even recently, there are news reports on police arresting persons who were caught cheating during the UPSSSC PET examination recently conducted by the UP government. However, the video shared in the post is old and unrelated to the recent government examinations conducted by the Uttar Pradesh government.
To sum it up, a 2021 video of a police aspirant caught cheating during the UP Sub-Inspector examination is shared as a recent one.