Viral video claiming Hindu girls rescued from Muslim man’s house turns out to be scripted
New Delhi: A viral video circulating across social media platforms with the claim that Hindu girls were rescued from a Muslim Man’s house has turned out to be scripted.
The video shared with a caption “Muslim boys kidnap Hindu girls. Love Jihad,” showed two individuals allegedly rescuing the girls crying and covered in bruises, who were allegedly kept in a cupboard after being abducted.
However, PTI Fact Check Desk has discovered the claim to be fake and that it was a scripted video that was widely shared on social media with a false communal claim. He are the complete details.
Viral Video
A Facebook user shared on December 15 a video, claiming that it showed several Hindu women being rescued from a Muslim man’s house. The video was shared with the caption:
“Muslim boys kidnap Hindu girls. Love Jihad.”
Investigation
The PTI Fact Check Desk ran the keyframes of the viral video through Google Lens and came across a YouTube video posted by a channel named ‘Naveen Jangra’ on February 12, 2023. The content in the video was the same as the viral clip.
Here is the screenshot of the YouTube video.
Below is a combination image, which shows that the content in the viral video is the same as that of the YouTube channel.
The PTI Fact Check Desk watched the video and found that it contains a disclaimer at the 22-second mark stating it should be consumed for “entertainment purpose only”.
Below is the screenshot of the disclaimer posted in the video.
Further, to corroborate the details, the PTI Fact Check Desk also scanned through other videos uploaded on the YouTube channels and found many scripted videos like the viral clip.
Subsequently, the PTI Fact Check Team concluded that the viral video was scripted and was shared as a real incident, with a false communal claim.
CLAIM
A viral video shows Hindu women being rescued from a Muslim man's house, who were abducted and tortured.
FACT
A scripted video was shared a real incident on social media.
CONCLUSION
Multiple social media users shared a video, claiming that it showed two persons rescuing several Hindu girls, who were abducted and tortured by a Muslim man.
In its investigation, the PTI Fact Check Desk found that a scripted video was shared on social media as a real incident with a false communal claim.
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Rajnath to top commanders: Outmaneuver adversaries with strategic surprise
Jaipur/New Delhi (PTI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday directed the top military commanders of the three services to integrate an "element of surprise" into modern warfare to outmaneuver India's adversaries and bolster strategic posture.
In his address at the joint commanders conference in Jaipur, Singh also described the Operation Sindoor as a testament to the "swift, precise, and joint response" of the Indian armed forces to safeguard national interests and called upon the military to remain ready to deal with any security challenges.
In their two-day deliberations, the commanders carried out a comprehensive review of the combat preparedness of the military in the wake of the evolving regional security situation.
Operation Sindoor was a demonstration of India's growing capabilities and a symbol of the nation's collective resolve and new military ethos, Singh said, a day after the first anniversary of Operation Sindoor.
He also unveiled a 'Joint Doctrine for Integrated Communication Architecture' that is aimed at strengthening doctrinal clarity, interoperability and integrated communications across the armed forces in future multidomain operations.
The joint commanders' conference, themed 'Military Capability in New Domains', brought together the top leadership of the defence ministry and the three services to deliberate on emerging security challenges and future readiness.
Comprehensive deliberations were held on future warfare, multidomain operations, technological transformation and joint capability development.
The conference witnessed extensive discussions on cognitive warfare, cyber resilience against evolving quantum and AI-enabled threats, military capability development in emerging domains, indigenous innovation and AI-enabled warfighting concepts.
It was attended by Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan, Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi, Chief of the Army Staff Gen Upendra Dwivedi, Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal AP Singh and Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh among others.
In his remarks, Singh asked the commanders to remain "future-ready" by learning from the operation as well as the current global security landscape.
He underscored the need to strengthen capabilities in artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, data analytics and secure communication networks to stay prepared in the rapidly evolving geopolitical security scenario. He emphasised that future conflicts will increasingly be shaped by hybrid threats, information dominance and operations conducted simultaneously across cyber, space, electromagnetic and cognitive domains, according to an official readout.
Highlighting the transformative impact of emerging technologies, Singh stressed on the importance of ensuring integrated national preparedness across all spectrums of conflict, it said.
Singh's remarks at the conference came a day after the first anniversary of Operation Sindoor.
The defence minister appreciated the progress achieved in enhancing jointness, integration and technological adoption across the three services, the readout noted.
Singh said that jointness constitutes a pivotal dimension within the transformative changes sweeping across the global defence sector.
"Future wars will not be won solely through weaponry, but through innovative thinking and enhanced synergy," he said.
The defence minister exhorted the commanders to cultivate the "element of surprise" to remain unpredictable to the nation's adversaries and secure a strategic edge in any given situation.
He, however, urged them to remain vigilant of the element of surprise of the enemy and always stay two steps ahead.
Singh also reiterated the Narendra Modi government's commitment to enhancing the capabilities of the defence forces through state-of-the-art weapons and platforms. He added that special focus is being laid on research in niche domains.
During the conference, he released a documentary film on Operation Sindoor.
The film reaffirms the nation's and defence forces' commitment to operational preparedness and decisive national response capabilities.
Demonstrations of advanced systems and platforms developed for intelligence fusion, operational planning and information management were also showcased during the conference reflecting growing integration of cutting-edge technologies into joint operational structures, according to the defence ministry.
The discussions will contribute significantly towards shaping India's future military transformation and integrated operational preparedness, it said.
