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This video reporting the death of cardiologist Dr. Bimal Chhajed in a car explosion is fake and created using AI

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A video going viral on social media (here, here, and here) shows news anchor Rajat Sharma reporting that Dr. Bimal Chhajer’s car was blown up, resulting in his death. The video alleges that the drug mafia targeted Dr. Bimal Chhajer by bombing his car. Let’s verify the claim through this article.

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Claim: Video of a news report by Rajat Sharma about the death of Dr. Bimal Chhajed, a cardiologist who spoke out against pharmaceutical companies, in a car explosion. 

Fact: The viral video is AI-generated. The clip of news anchor Rajat Sharma was sourced from a news report where he discussed the ongoing Israel-Iran war, with no mention of Dr. Bimal Chhajed. The police officer’s clip is from a video in which Kashmir’s IGP VK Birdi talks about the Kulgam encounter. The clip of Dr. Bimal Chhajed is sourced from a podcast on the YouTube channel “GetsetflySCIENCE by Gaurav Thakur,” where he discusses heart attacks and preventive measures. Our analysis using various AI detection tools confirmed that the audio in the viral video is manipulated using Artificial intelligence. Additionally, a video on the SAAOL Heart Center YouTube channel features Dr. Bimal Chhajed, the founder of SAAOL Heart Center, who labels the viral claim as fake and describes the video as AI-generated and fabricated. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.

A reverse image search of keyframes from the viral video featuring news anchor Rajat Sharma led us to a news report uploaded on India TV’s YouTube channel on 02 October 2024. In this video, Rajat Sharma is seen wearing the same clothes as in the viral clip, where he provides updates on the ongoing Israel-Iran war. However, there is no mention of Dr. Bimal Chhajed anywhere in the news report.

A Google Lens search of another screenshot from the viral clip featuring a police officer led us to a video uploaded on 28 September 2024 on the Facebook page of The Statesman. In the video, Kashmir’s IGP VK Birdi discusses the Kulgam encounter. There is no mention of Dr. Bimal Chhajed in this video.

A Google Lens search of another screenshot from the viral clip featuring Dr. Bimal Chhajed led us to a podcast video uploaded on 20 July 2024 on the YouTube channel “GetsetflySCIENCE by Gaurav Thakur.” The video, titled “Do This to CLEAN Cholesterol in 3 Months | Prevent Heart Attack – Dr. Bimal Chhajer | GT Show,” includes a segment from 2:55 to 5:33 minutes that was used in the viral video where Dr. Bimal discusses heart attacks and preventive measures. The audio in the viral video is manipulated.

We then used the Hive AI detector to analyze the video’s audio, which confirmed that it was 96.9% AI-generated.

To further verify, we used another tool, the True Media AI detector, which also indicated that the audio is manipulated with the help of artificial intelligence.

Further investigation led us to a video uploaded on the SAAOL Heart Center YouTube channel on 18 October 2024. In this video, Dr. Bimal Chhajed, the founder of SAAOL Heart Center, labels the viral claim as fake. He describes the video as AI-generated and fabricated.

To sum up, a video reporting the death of cardiologist Dr. Bimal Chhajed in a car explosion is fake and created using AI

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