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Fact Check: CCTV footage showing burglars with police uniform barging into a house is not from Delhi or Mysore but an old video from Jaipur

The video shows CCTV footage in which a person wearing police uniform knocks on the door and asks for a glass of water. When the woman opens the door to take back the empty glass

By 21 Aug 2023 9:57 AM GMT
Fact Check: CCTV footage showing burglars with police uniform barging into a house is not from Delhi or Mysore but an old video from Jaipur

  • Claim :

    The video showing a burglar wearing police uniform and forcefully breaking into a house is from Rohini sector, Delhi, or Mathru Mandal, Mysore.

  • Fact :

    The video is not from Delhi or Mysore but shows an incident that took place in September 2022 in Jaipur, Rajasthan.

The video shows CCTV footage in which a person wearing police uniform knocks on the door and asks for a glass of water. When the woman opens the door to take back the empty glass, the burglar enters the house forcefully along with two other people. We can also see a woman resisting them and screaming at them. Later, the robbers are forced to flee.

The video is shared on YouTube with the title ‘Thief in Rohini sec 3’ on November 10, 2022.


Another YouTube channel shared the same video with the title ‘Robbery in Rohini sec 3 Delhi’ on November 14, 2022.


The video is also in circulation on WhatsApp with the claim that it shows an incident at Vontikoppal in Mysore.

Fact Check:

The claim that the video shows an incident that took place in Delhi is false. The incident took place in Jaipur in 2022.

When we searched the key frames extracted from the video, we found the same video shared on Twitter account named News 24, with title “जयपुर में पुलिस बनकर आए चोरों ने घर में घुसने कि कोशिश की, महिला ने बहादुरी दिखाकर भगाया।“

When translated, it states: “In Jaipur, thieves posing as police tried to enter a house but were forced to flee after the woman showed bravery.” This tweet was made on September 14, 2022.

When searched further using keywords, we found news articles published on September 14, 2022.

According to Times Now news.com, in a shocking incident reported from Jaipur, Rajasthan, a gang of robbers wearing police uniform struck several houses in the city. However, robbers had to flee after facing a brave woman raised the alarm in Mangalam city area.

The CCTV video of the incident shows a robber in a police uniform knocking at the door and asking for a glass of water. When the woman opens the door, the robber makes a forced entry, along with two of his associates. However, the woman fights with the intruders and raises an alarm by screaming for help. Scared over the development, the robbers flee the place.

This incident was also reported by scroll.com.

News 18 also debunked the viral video and clarified that the video is old, dated September 2022 and shows an incident in Jaipur.

Hence, the viral video does not show a robbery in the cities of Delhi or Mysore. The video is an old CCTV footage from Jaipur city, Rajasthan. The claim is false.

Claim :   The video showing burglars wearing police uniforms forcefully breaking into a house is from Rohini sector, Delhi, or Mathru Mandal, Mysore.
Claimed By :  Social Media Users
Claim Reviewed By :  Telugupost Fact Check
Claim Source :  Social Media
Fact Check :  False
News Summary - CCTV footage showing burglars with police uniform barging into a house is not from Delhi or Mysore but an old video from Jaipur
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Satya Priya BN

A motivated professional with a zeal to learn with more than 7 years of experience as a Content and Digital manager in Press, Electronic, and Digital media. Fact checker with more than 4 years of experience in fact checking. Trained by Google News Initiative India Training Network. Fact check trainer, Factshala Trainer, BBC Young Reporter India Trainer and also participated in Trauma literacy training. Worked in Newsmeter.in as a Fact Check Lead from September 2019 to October 2021. Worked as a Freelance Senior Researcher with BBC World Service, Investigations Unit from January 2022 to Aril 2022 and also as Freelance Fact Checker for Newsmeter.in Also Conducting workshops on Fact Checking for various communities including Media students etc. Conducted fact checking workshops for school students as part of pilot project – BBC Young Reporter India in the past few months. Participated in Workshop on Countering Disinformation for Telugu Television Reporters conducted by US Consulate General and Osmania University in 2022 as Trainer. Trained the journalists on several topics of Fact checking such as Types of misinformation, Tools and Techniques of photo and video verification, Geolocation, writing fact checks, Health fact checking etc. Co-authored the first Fact check manual- “How to write Fact-checks” in Telugu language as part of the workshop. Presently working as Fact check lead in Telugupost.com.
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