An Old Video Of A Terrorist Going Viral Linking To The Recent Pahalgam Terror Attack.

After the Pahalgam terror attack that took the lives of at least 26 people, various posts went viral on social media linking to the incident. Against this backdrop, a video of a person in a hospital bed being interviewed by a reporter went viral on social media. Sharing the video, users claimed that the person in the viral video was the terrorist involved in the recent Pahalgam terror attack. The video shows a reporter asking the person his name and his motive. The person said he belonged to ISI. 

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However, as we investigated, we came to know that the claim was false. The viral video is old and not related to the recent Pahalgam terror attack. Here’s the fact check.

Fact Check 

The viral video has a logo of Aaj Tak. Taking this clue, we conducted a relevant keyword search in Hindi. This led us to the video uploaded on the YouTube channel of Aaj Tak on 25 August 2022. 

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Though the video didn’t have much information, it became clear that the video was old.

Moving forward, we found a video report uploaded on TV9 Bharatvarsh on 25 August 2022 which contained the viral video. The translation of the Hindi description of the video reads, “The Indian Army has foiled two infiltration attempts by Pakistani terrorists in the area adjacent to the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. These infiltration attempts took place in the Nowshera sector of Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir in the last 48 hours. During this, one terrorist has been caught alive while two other terrorists have been killed in a landmine explosion.”

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Another video report uploaded on the YouTube channel News18 India can be seen below.

This makes it clear that the viral video is old and unrelated to the recent Pahalgam Terror attack.

Conclusion 

From our investigation, we can say that the claim is false. The viral video doesn’t show a terrorist involved in the recent Pahalgam terror attack. The video is from 2022 where, according to reports, a terrorist was caught alive during an infiltration attempt in the Nowshera sector of the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.