Clip from US vigilante livestream falsely linked to India’s armed forces
Clip from US vigilante livestream falsely linked to India’s armed forces
Executive Summaryसारांश
A video of an older man being confronted on a city street at night is being shared with claims linking him to India’s armed forces. Fact-checkers traced it to a livestream by the channel OBLNATION on the platform Kick, titled “Live Indian Grandpa Predator Catch”. The stream was filmed on a street in what appears to be New York and does not mention the Indian military.A video of an older man being confronted on a city street at night is being shared with claims linking him to India’s armed forces. Fact-checkers traced it to a livestream by the channel OBLNATION on the platform Kick, titled “Live Indian Grandpa Predator Catch”. The stream was filmed on a street in what appears to be New York and does not mention the Indian military.
Full Reportपूरी रिपोर्ट
Fact-checkers have found that the footage comes from a three-hour livestream on Kick by the verified channel OBLNATION, which streams confrontation-style “predator catch” content. In the stream, the hosts approach a middle-aged man on a city sidewalk at night, with yellow cabs and high-rise buildings in the background, which points to a US city, most likely New York. The stream’s title refers to him only as an “Indian grandpa”. There is no reference to the Indian Army, any rank or any government post. Allegations made in such vigilante streams have not been verified by any authority. Attaching a military identity to an unrelated man from a foreign livestream is a tactic seen repeatedly in recent propaganda aimed at defaming the Indian armed forces, so such posts should be traced to their original source and not shared.
Fact-checkers have found that the footage comes from a three-hour livestream on Kick by the verified channel OBLNATION, which streams confrontation-style “predator catch” content. In the stream, the hosts approach a middle-aged man on a city sidewalk at night, with yellow cabs and high-rise buildings in the background, which points to a US city, most likely New York. The stream’s title refers to him only as an “Indian grandpa”. There is no reference to the Indian Army, any rank or any government post. Allegations made in such vigilante streams have not been verified by any authority. Attaching a military identity to an unrelated man from a foreign livestream is a tactic seen repeatedly in recent propaganda aimed at defaming the Indian armed forces, so such posts should be traced to their original source and not shared.