A video in which a few policemen pin down a person on the ground while another person plucks out a nail is being shared on social media through a post. The post’s description in Hindi translates to ‘It is possible for a double engine government“, implying that the incident took place in a state ruled by the BJP government. Let’s fact-check this claim through this article.
Claim: This video of police torturing a man is real, and this incident was possible because the BJP government is in power.
Fact: This is a behind-the-scenes clip of a short film titled `Dost Ki Saja.’The film was made by Vipin Pandey, who uploaded the same clip on his Youtube and Facebook to announce his short film. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
We performed a reverse image search to learn more about the Viral clip. This search led us to a Facebook post uploaded by a user named Vipin Pandey, which contained the viral video.
The post’s description reads, ‘Coming soon video So please support my youtube channel.’`In the comments section, Vipin wrote that the video was taken while they were shooting (a short film) and urged people to refrain from making bad comments.
He even provided a link to his short film in the same comment. You can see the film here, which features the same actors in the viral clip(here).
To sum up, a BTS video of a short film is falsely shared as a real incident.
