This video of a woman getting abducted is from Kolar (Karnataka). - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
October 5, 2020
A CCTV video of a man abducting a woman is being shared widely on social media with a claim that the incident happened in Uttar Pradesh. Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: CCTV video of a man abducting a woman in Uttar Pradesh.
Fact: The abduction incident in the video took place in Kolar (Karnataka). Previously, the same video was also falsely shared as an incident in various parts (ECIL and Vikarabad) of Telangana. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
FACTLY has previously debunked the same video when it went viral with different claims that the incident happened in various parts (ECIL and Vikarabad) of Telangana. A Kannada news channel has published a news report with the same video in August 2020. As per the news report, the incident took place in Kolar (Karnataka) and the woman was eventually rescued by the police. A few news articles regarding the incident can be read here and here.
To sum it up, this video of a woman getting abducted is from Kolar (Karnataka), not from Uttar Pradesh.