
Baba Thoka’s claim about Assam Rifles “Major Verma” filming minors and being expelled for cowardice is fabricated
Baba Thoka’s claim about Assam Rifles “Major Verma” filming minors and being expelled for cowardice is fabricated
Executive Summaryसारांश
Baba Thoka claims a video shows an Indian Army officer, “Major Verma” of the Assam Rifles, being confronted for filming minors, and that he was expelled from the Army for deserting during Operation Sindoor. Fact-checkers have labelled the posts propaganda. Nothing in the video links the man to the Indian Army, and there is no record of any such officer or dismissal.Baba Thoka claims a video shows an Indian Army officer, “Major Verma” of the Assam Rifles, being confronted for filming minors, and that he was expelled from the Army for deserting during Operation Sindoor. Fact-checkers have labelled the posts propaganda. Nothing in the video links the man to the Indian Army, and there is no record of any such officer or dismissal.
Full Reportपूरी रिपोर्ट
On October 23, 2026, both Baba Thoka handles (@ThokaReturns and @BabaThokaIndia) shared a night-time clip of one man confronting another, who is seated on a bench in a paved public area with rows of parked bicycles that appears to be outside India. The posts claimed the seated man was “Major Verma” of the Assam Rifles, that he had been caught filming minors and confronted by one of their brothers, and that he had earlier “disappeared” during Operation Sindoor and been expelled from the Army for cowardice. Fact-checkers have labelled the posts propaganda. The video contains no uniform, name, unit or any other detail connecting the man to the Indian armed forces. There is no credible report or official record of any officer by that name being dismissed in connection with Operation Sindoor. This follows the handle’s repeated pattern of taking confrontation videos from abroad, attaching an invented Indian military identity, and adding shocking allegations, as in the earlier “Lieutenant Ram Gopal” and “General Laurav Kumar” posts. Such content is meant to humiliate the armed forces and should be reported, not shared.
On October 23, 2026, both Baba Thoka handles (@ThokaReturns and @BabaThokaIndia) shared a night-time clip of one man confronting another, who is seated on a bench in a paved public area with rows of parked bicycles that appears to be outside India. The posts claimed the seated man was “Major Verma” of the Assam Rifles, that he had been caught filming minors and confronted by one of their brothers, and that he had earlier “disappeared” during Operation Sindoor and been expelled from the Army for cowardice. Fact-checkers have labelled the posts propaganda. The video contains no uniform, name, unit or any other detail connecting the man to the Indian armed forces. There is no credible report or official record of any officer by that name being dismissed in connection with Operation Sindoor. This follows the handle’s repeated pattern of taking confrontation videos from abroad, attaching an invented Indian military identity, and adding shocking allegations, as in the earlier “Lieutenant Ram Gopal” and “General Laurav Kumar” posts. Such content is meant to humiliate the armed forces and should be reported, not shared.
