
Viral “protest crowd” video traced to Instagram reel of Delhi Police physical test candidates posted on September 21
Viral “protest crowd” video traced to Instagram reel of Delhi Police physical test candidates posted on September 21
Executive Summaryसारांश
A video of a huge night-time crowd, shared as protesters on Delhi’s streets after the October 10 protest, has been traced to its original source. It was posted on Instagram by user miss.mikku0293 on September 21, 2026, with the caption “Delhi police physical”. The clip shows recruitment candidates, not protesters.A video of a huge night-time crowd, shared as protesters on Delhi’s streets after the October 10 protest, has been traced to its original source. It was posted on Instagram by user miss.mikku0293 on September 21, 2026, with the caption “Delhi police physical”. The clip shows recruitment candidates, not protesters.
Full Reportपूरी रिपोर्ट
Fact-checkers have found the original source of a video widely shared as proof that Gen-Z protesters stayed on Delhi’s roads after the October 10, 2026 demonstration against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The clip, showing a dense crowd of young people on a lit road with a “Delhi police” overlay, was first posted as an Instagram reel by the user miss.mikku0293 on September 21, 2026, nearly three weeks before the protest. Its caption reads “Delhi police physical” with hashtags such as #delhipolice, #trending and #viral. The reel drew over 27,500 likes and shows candidates gathered for the physical test of the Delhi Police recruitment process. This confirms the earlier findings of PIB Fact Check and PTI Fact Check, both of which flagged the protest claim as false. The video was taken from a recruitment-related reel and given a political caption to exaggerate the scale of the protests, so viral crowd videos should be traced to their original source before being shared.
Fact-checkers have found the original source of a video widely shared as proof that Gen-Z protesters stayed on Delhi’s roads after the October 10, 2026 demonstration against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The clip, showing a dense crowd of young people on a lit road with a “Delhi police” overlay, was first posted as an Instagram reel by the user miss.mikku0293 on September 21, 2026, nearly three weeks before the protest. Its caption reads “Delhi police physical” with hashtags such as #delhipolice, #trending and #viral. The reel drew over 27,500 likes and shows candidates gathered for the physical test of the Delhi Police recruitment process. This confirms the earlier findings of PIB Fact Check and PTI Fact Check, both of which flagged the protest claim as false. The video was taken from a recruitment-related reel and given a political caption to exaggerate the scale of the protests, so viral crowd videos should be traced to their original source before being shared.
