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| - Fact Check: Video showing police coming to rescue of roadside vendor with her saree stuck under car wheel is staged
A scripted video of a woman vegetable vegetable vendor seeking help from two policemen is being shared as re
Claim :Policemen helping a roadside vendor freeing her saree stuck under the tyre of a car
Fact :Staged video is being passed off as a real incident
It is a common sight in Telangana to find the police personnel, including the traffic police, step forward to help people in need. Whether it is administering CPR during health emergencies, helping the stranded students reach their examination centre on time or babysitting outside examination centres for female candidates appearing for competitive examinations, the Telangana police have been living up to their reputation for being people-friendly.
Meanwhile, a video is widely being shared on social media with the claims that the policemen came to the rescue of a roadside vegetable vendor whose saree got stuck under the wheel of a car tyre.
The video is going viral across various social media platforms and the netizens are seen praising the men in uniform for showing their human side.
Sharing the video on Instagram, a user @upscthemission_ captioned it, “Respect increased for cops.” The same video is also garnering widespread attention on X here.
The viral post link is available here and archive link here.
Here’s the screenshot of the viral post.
Fact Check:
During the investigation, the Telugupost Fact Check team found this claim to be false as it is a scripted video.
To investigate the claim, we first extracted the key moments of the viral video through InVid tool and subsequently tried to find a match through Google Reverse Image Search tool. When we searched with the keyframes of the video, we found an Instagram post with the same content. The recording frame in the video displayed the date as April 12, 2024 which makes it clear that the video is not recent.
We then ran a Google Search query with appropriate keywords and also conducted searches in X and Facebook platforms. The Facebook search led to a post by a user ‘Sanjana Galrani’ with the caption, “Are they did right?”
The caption also contained this text, “Disclaimer: Thank you for watching! Please be aware that this page features scripted dramas and parodies as well. These short films are for entertainment & educational purposes only! Characters in this video are entertainment and educational purpose.”
As we continued our search, we came across a video which was posted on YouTube with the title, “Who Is Correct..? See What This Car Owner Did to The Poor Vegitable Seller.”
The description of the video states, “Disclaimer: Thank you for watching! Please be aware that this Channel features scripted dramas and parodies of Aware People in Different Situations. This Channel Brings Social Awareness Videos. These short films are for entertainment purposes only!”
We found several scripted videos on this YouTube channel.
This claim was earlier fact checked by this organization. In the light of our investigation, we can conclude that the viral video is not a real incident but a staged video. Hence, the claim is false.
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