Video of locals confronting Indian security personnel falsely shared as “Chinese soldiers” in Arunachal Pradesh
Video of locals confronting Indian security personnel falsely shared as “Chinese soldiers” in Arunachal Pradesh
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A viral video of villagers jostling with uniformed personnel in a forest claims to show Chinese soldiers committing violence in Arunachal Pradesh while the BJP government has “called all soldiers to Delhi”. OFI Fact Check has rated the claim misleading. The uniformed men are Indian security personnel, not Chinese soldiers.A viral video of villagers jostling with uniformed personnel in a forest claims to show Chinese soldiers committing violence in Arunachal Pradesh while the BJP government has “called all soldiers to Delhi”. OFI Fact Check has rated the claim misleading. The uniformed men are Indian security personnel, not Chinese soldiers.
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A video carrying the Hindi text "अंध भक्तों देख लो, अरुणाचल प्रदेश में चीनी सैनिक" (“Blind followers, look, Chinese soldiers in Arunachal Pradesh”) and "सारे सैनिक को भाजपा सरकार दिल्ली बुला लिया है और उधर चीन कब्जा करने पर लगा है" (“The BJP government has called all soldiers to Delhi while China is busy occupying”) is circulating on social media. The verified X user Ajay Shah (@Er_Ajayshah) shared it, claiming the Chinese army was carrying out violence in Arunachal while PM Modi was busy looking for “terrorists” among protesters. OFI Fact Check has rated the claim misleading. The footage shows local residents, including women, pushing and arguing with uniformed men in a hilly forest area, and the personnel wear Indian security force uniforms and gear, not PLA uniforms. Such confrontations have taken place in Arunachal’s Siang region, where villagers have opposed the deployment of security forces for survey work on the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project. There are no credible reports of Chinese troops inside Arunachal Pradesh or of soldiers being moved from the border to Delhi. Recasting local protests as a Chinese incursion is the latest in a wave of misleading Arunachal content, so such videos should be checked against credible reports before being shared.
A video carrying the Hindi text "अंध भक्तों देख लो, अरुणाचल प्रदेश में चीनी सैनिक" (“Blind followers, look, Chinese soldiers in Arunachal Pradesh”) and "सारे सैनिक को भाजपा सरकार दिल्ली बुला लिया है और उधर चीन कब्जा करने पर लगा है" (“The BJP government has called all soldiers to Delhi while China is busy occupying”) is circulating on social media. The verified X user Ajay Shah (@Er_Ajayshah) shared it, claiming the Chinese army was carrying out violence in Arunachal while PM Modi was busy looking for “terrorists” among protesters. OFI Fact Check has rated the claim misleading. The footage shows local residents, including women, pushing and arguing with uniformed men in a hilly forest area, and the personnel wear Indian security force uniforms and gear, not PLA uniforms. Such confrontations have taken place in Arunachal’s Siang region, where villagers have opposed the deployment of security forces for survey work on the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project. There are no credible reports of Chinese troops inside Arunachal Pradesh or of soldiers being moved from the border to Delhi. Recasting local protests as a Chinese incursion is the latest in a wave of misleading Arunachal content, so such videos should be checked against credible reports before being shared.