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| - A video showing a young woman standing with an older man was widely shared across news organisations and social media, claiming that it shows a 24-year-old woman after she married her 50-year-old father.
Among those sharing this clip are news organisations Zee News, News 18, Deccan Herald, Loksatta, TV9 Marathi, Times Now Navbharat, and Samajwadi Party leader Jaysingh Yadav.
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How did we find out the truth?: At the 33-seconds mark in the video shared by Singh, we noticed a disclaimer popping up at the bottom of the screen.
While the disclaimer was mostly covered by text, its bottom line mentioned the name 'Ankita Karotiya'.
Taking screenshots from this video, we ran a reverse image search on Google, adding the name as a search term.
The results led us to a woman's Instagram account and YouTube channel bearing the same name.
Her Instagram account's bio mentioned that she is a video creator, identifying herself as a Delhi-based 'prankster'.
On the channel, we came across a longer version of the viral video, which was shared on 2 November 2024.
Here, we saw that the disclaimer had clarified that the video was "for entertainment purposes only," confirming that the video was a scripted one.
In another video, we spotted the man from the viral video, who played the role of the woman's father-in-law this time.
This video, too, carried the same disclaimer.
Conclusion: A scripted video has gone viral with the false claim that it shows a woman marrying her father.
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