Watch: Couple Being Shot by Police in Daylight Outside Haryana Cafe Goes Viral, Here’s the Truth
A video of a police official shooting a couple at point-blank range in broad daylight outside a mall has gone viral on social media platforms, triggering queries among netizens about the authenticity, it has been fact-checked by Rahul Srivastav, the Additional Superintendent of Police of the Anti-Terrorism Squad in Uttar Pradesh.
Turns out, the video was actually a scene from a web series shot outside a cafe in Haryana’s Karnal. Srivastav added that the manager of the “Friends cafe” confirmed that it was a scene from a web series.
Taking to Twitter, Srivastav posted, “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 Cafe’ in Karnal Haryana as per the manager of the Cafe.”
#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 Cafe’ in Karnal Haryana as per the manager of the Cafe. pic.twitter.com/63GHkScx9j
— RAHUL SRIVASTAV (@upcoprahul) April 12, 2021
Reacting to Srivastav’s Fact-check tweet, many users commented that such series that depicts a bad image of the police department should be banned.
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(With Inputs From Agencies)