A video is being widely shared on social media platforms that shows policemen beating a group of men who allegedly threatened Instagram users.
During the investigation, we found that the video is from the shooting of a movie, and the claim is misleading.
Claim:
X user Hamza Shoeb shared the viral video on his profile with a misleading claim.
Other users are also sharing the same video with a similar claim.
Investigation:
We started the investigation by running a reverse image search on the keyframes obtained from the video.
We found a short video uploaded on a YouTube channel, Rkp the loser. The user mentioned in the description that this video was from a film shoot.
We found the same video on the YouTube channel Kannada Picchar uploaded over two months ago.
The description said (translation): Deadly Soma 2 climax shoot at City Market🔥🔥 | deadlysoma 2 movie shooting video | #shorts
We found more videos from the shooting of the movie on other YouTube channels.
According to kannada.news18.com, Deadly Soma is a movie made by director Ravi Srivatsa, and he is set to come with its sequel. Deadly Soma was originally released in 2005.
Conclusion: The visuals of shooting a scene from a Kannada movie are going viral as a real incident of police beating Instagram trolls. The viral claim is misleading.
