No, This Video Doesn't Show Police Arresting Samay Raina and Ranveer Allahbadia
A video showing police charging at people has gone viral to claim that it shows comedian Samay Raina and podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia being taken into custody from their residence.
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The claim comes after a controversy arose regarding alleged inappropriate remarks by Allahbadia during the show India’s Got Latent, which is hosted by Raina.
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(Source: Instagram)
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Is the claim true?: The claim is false.
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The video is old from 2023 and shows a fight over parking space in a Greater Noida housing complex.
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The Supreme Court provided Allahbadia with arrest protection, whereas the Maharashtra Cyber Cell rejected Raina’s petition to give his statement remotely. There are no reports confirming their arrest at home.
What we found: At first, we checked about the updates in the cases filed against Allahbadia and Raina.
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The SC granted the podcaster an interim protection from arrest order against all First Information Reports (FIR) filed against him in various states, reported the Times of India.
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As for Raina, the Maharastra Cyber Cell rejected his plea to record his statement via a video call, as the comedian is in the United States of America (USA) till 17 March, reported the Economic Times.
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There were no reports which suggested that the two were arrested from their homes.
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We, then, checked the video footage by dividing it into multiple screenshots and running a Google reverse image search on some of them.
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The reverse image search results led us to a report by the Times of India from August 2023, where the cover video matched the frames of the viral clip.
The report mentioned that the visuals were from Greater Noida.
(Source: TOI/Screenshot)
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As per the report, a fight broke out between two groups over parking space in a Greater Noida society. The fight escalated and the police registered a case against two individuals for allegedly disturbing official work.
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Similarly, NDTV and India Today also reported on the incident in August 2023. They noted that the police were investigating the case.
Conclusion: A false claim has gone viral that the video shows police arresting Allahbadia and Raina.
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Kohli's U-19 teammate Amanpreet Singh Gill dies at 36
New Delhi (PTI): Former India U-19 and Punjab medium pacer Amanpreet Singh Gill died at the age of 36 in Chandigarh on Wednesday, leaving the cricket fraternity in mourning.
The cause of death is not yet known.
Gill, who was Virat Kohli's U-19 teammate, featured in six first-class matches for Punjab, picking up 11 wickets.
He was also part of the Punjab franchise (Kings XI Punjab) in the inaugural Indian Premier League season, and later served as a member of Punjab's senior selection committee.
"Punjab Cricket Association deeply mourns the sad demise of Amanpreet Singh Gill, former Punjab cricketer and Member, Senior Selection Committee Punjab,” the Punjab Cricket Association announced on X.
"Our heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family and loved ones. May Waheguru grant eternal peace to the departed soul and strength to the family in this difficult time."
Two-time World Cup-winning India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh also paid tribute to Gill.
"Deeply saddened to hear about Amanpreet Singh Gill’s passing. Shared the dressing room in our early days, he was a quiet, hardworking cricketer who loved the game. My heartfelt condolences to his family and loved ones. Rest in peace Om Shanti,” Singh posted on X.
Gill played five Youth ODIs and one Youth Test for India in 2007.
In the longer format, he claimed the wicket of former Sri Lanka all-rounder Thisara Perera.
However, he did not make the Virat Kohli-led India U-19 side that went on to win the 2008 World Cup.
“Deeply saddened by the passing of Amanpreet Singh Shergill, who proudly represented Punjab and was a part of the Punjab Kings family. Our heartfelt condolences to his family, friends, and the entire cricketing fraternity,” Punjab Kings posted on their official Instagram account.
