On October 25, 2026, the handles Irves (@Irves_Watch), Pakistani Markhor (@Markhor_Paki), Fahad (@fahad4884_), Naira Seth (@Naira_Seth1) and BigBirds (@BigBirdspk) shared a video of men in camouflage uniforms standing with raised hands next to a green SUV while others search the vehicle. Within about 45 minutes, they posted near-identical captions claiming that Chinese soldiers were searching Indian troops in Arunachal Pradesh and that the Indian Army had to seek PLA “transit permission” to move through its own territory. Fact-checkers have marked the claim fake. The footage was first uploaded as a YouTube Short on May 15, 2026, by the user @BuletSah-v6t1g with a Bhojpuri song as background music. Shop boards in the clip, including “Balaji Tiffin, Tea Centre” and “Jagadamba Tools” written in Kannada, and the palm-lined, flat setting place it in Karnataka, not the mountains of Arunachal Pradesh. No Chinese soldiers appear in the video, and there is no credible report of any such incident. The matching wording, shared watermark and synchronised posting point to a coordinated campaign meant to suggest Indian territory is under Chinese control. Such posts should be reported, not shared.