Lighthouse Journalism found a video being widely circulated on social media platforms. It was being claimed along with the video that the Chinese Army has penetrated 20 kilometers inside Arunachal Pradesh and has asked the Indian troops to vacate area within two hours, and if they fail do so, threatened them with war.
During the investigation, we found that the video is old and is being shared with a misleading claim.
Claim:
X user @Afaq_Ahmad shared the viral video along with a misleading claim.
Other users are also sharing the same video with similar claims.
Investigation:
We started the investigation by uploading the video in the InVid tool and running a reverse image search on the keyframes obtained from the same.
The reverse image search led us to a video on the YouTube channel Miyon Tayeng MT. The video was uploaded four years ago.
The Indian Army official is heard calmly informing that it is the area belongs to India. To which the Chinese soldier argues that, according to their map, it is theirs. The Indian Army official further tells them the Chinese troops have entered 20 kilometers inside the Indian territory and asks them to go back in the North direction. The Chinese troops then informed that they would go back in the morning.
The video was also carried by the YouTube channel Defence Today.
Conclusion: An old video showing an interaction between Indian and Chinese troops, following an incident where Chinese soldiers inadvertently crossed into Indian territory, is now being circulated as recent. The viral claim is misleading.
