A video of a cop shooting a man and a woman at the entrance of a mall is being shared as a real incident. A police officer shoots a man at point-blank range, and then his friend crying over his death, in a video that has been fact-checked by an Uttar Pradesh cop who pointed out it was a scene from a web series.
Rahul Srivastav, the Additional Superintendent of Police of the Anti-Terrorism Squad in the state shared the video on his Twitter account saying it has triggered confusion and queries.
Mr Srivastav then added that after verification it was found out that it was a scene from a web series shot outside a cafe in Haryana’s Karnal. The manager of the “Friends café” confirmed this, the officer added.
Sub-Inspector Dharam Pal at the Model Town Police Station in Karnal confirmed that the incident wasn’t real. Also one of the actors and the cafe owner, too, confirmed that the video was from a shooting.
The video was shared by user Gurbachan Singh on Twitter, asking whether the incident was real or not and, had garnered over 7,400 views at the time of writing this article.
“#FactCheck- A video of a gory murder by a cop outside a restaurant is floating since today morning on #socialmedia, triggering queries & confusion. On verification, it’s attributed to a #webseries shot outside ‘Friends Café’ in Karnal Haryana as per the manager of the Cafe,” Mr Srivastav tweeted. The video shows a fight erupt between a young man and a cop after which he pushes him. Within seconds, he takes out his gun and shoots the man dead. His friend starts to shout and cry and sits next to the body. She shouts an expletive at the police officer who then shoots her as well.
A crowd is seen witnessing the incident. The video is from outside a mall; ‘Friends café’ is seen clearly in the background, which Mr Srivastav talks about in his tweet. The owner of the cafe, Krishan Narwal, too, reiterated that it was a for a web series and was shot nearly three months ago. He further helped to get in touch with one of the actors seen in the video.
Following which, Vinay Kuhar, the man who can be seen playing the role of the cop in the video was contacted. He told that this wasn’t a real incident and that they were shooting for a web series based on a real life incident.
“This video is from February and this is not even a real scene. This was a rehearsal take for a web series, which is based on the life of a judge who was shot by his security personnel in Gurugram in 2018. Someone from the crowd would have shot this on their phone and circulated it”, said the actor.
Evidently, a scene from a web series has been shared with a false claim.
