{"id":88323,"date":"2025-05-14T23:50:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T18:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/?p=88323"},"modified":"2025-05-14T23:50:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T18:20:48","slug":"pib-fact-check-debunks-fake-video-of-alleged-soldier-exposing-pahalgam-attack-as-false-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/14\/pib-fact-check-debunks-fake-video-of-alleged-soldier-exposing-pahalgam-attack-as-false-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"PIB Fact Check debunks fake video of alleged soldier exposing Pahalgam attack as &#8216;false flag&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi, May 14: The Fact Check Unit of the Press Information Bureau (PIB) on Wednesday exposed another viral video spreading false narratives about the authentication of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The video, shared by a user named Nandhini Saran, falsely claims to show an Indian Army soldier from Jammu revealing the so-called &#8220;truth&#8221; behind the Pahalgam terror attack as a &#8220;false flag&#8221; operation orchestrated by the Modi government and the BJP.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Fact Check unit debunked the claims made in the video and stamped &#8220;FAKE&#8221; over the video and clarified that the individual in the video is a deserter with no connection to recent events.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A video of an Indian Army soldier, accusing the central government of the Pahalgam terrorist attack, is going viral on social media. The soldier seen in the video is a deserter and has not been present at his duty since March 2025, nor has he been in contact with his family. Please stay vigilant. Do not fall for such videos,&#8221; the PIB Fact Check unit stated on X.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The original post which the PIB marked as fake, captioned &#8220;A soldier from Jammu reveals the truth behind the #Pehlagam false flag operation, exposing Modi and the BJP. #PahalgamJhootHai_ #IndiaPakistanWar2025 #ceasefire,&#8221; was accompanied by a photo of the alleged soldier.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Monday, the Press Information Bureau&#8217;s (PIB) fact-check unit debunked claims that Pakistan destroyed Indian air bases, stating that such reports were &#8220;misleading and false&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a recent media briefing, Pakistan&#8217;s Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) cited an Indian news channel, alleging damage to an Indian airbase. However, the PIB revealed that the video had been deliberately edited to mislead viewers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Pakistani military in its briefing has shown a video clip aired on @IndiaTV News Channel, implying that Indian channels have admitted to destruction of Indian airbases. This is an attempt by #Pakistan to mislead its own people by editing and cleverly stitching multiple chunks of a larger video. The actual story in the full video says that the attacks were all intercepted, and it shows footage of a Pakistani missile that was shot down,&#8221; PIB stated in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, PIB&#8217;s fact-check unit has also dismissed rumours of an artillery exchange along the Line of Control (LoC), calling them baseless.\u2013(ANI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi, May 14: The Fact Check Unit of the Press Information Bureau (PIB) on Wednesday exposed another viral video spreading false narratives about the authentication of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack. &nbsp; The video, shared by a user named Nandhini Saran, falsely claims to show an Indian Army soldier from Jammu revealing the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88324,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-frontpage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88323"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88325,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88323\/revisions\/88325"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}