Fact Check: Video showing a reporter being kidnapped in Nagaland is misleading
A video allegedly showing a reporter from Dimapur, Nagaland, being 'kidnapped' from a busy road in broad daylight even as the cameraman chases the car, is viral on social media.
Scenes from a Bhojpuri movie shared as real kidnapping incident in Dimapur, Nagaland
A video allegedly showing a reporter from Dimapur, Nagaland, being 'kidnapped' from a busy road in broad daylight even as the cameraman chases the car, is viral on social media.
Netizens shared the video online believing it is a real incident. It is being shared with the caption, “Reporter got kidnapped in broad daylight at Dimapur.”
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Fact check:
A comment under one of the claims stated that this scene is from a Bhojpuri movie, Hum Hai Rowdy SP Vijay. The users attached a link to the said movie as well.
Upon viewing the link, we found that all scenes in the movie match the viral 'kidnapping' video. At 8:38 timestamp, a reporter stands in the middle of the road as a cameraperson records her. Soon enough, a white Omni car approaches her, opens the door and pulls her inside the car. The cameraman runs after the vehicle. Clearly, all this matches the 'kidnapping' scene seen in the viral video.
Moreover, with the help of Google maps, we were also able to confirm the location of the shoot as City Tower in Dimapur, Nagaland.
Evidently, a movie scene of a reporter getting kidnapped is being falsely shared as a real kidnapping incident in Dimapur, Nagaland.