Old Video From Kolhapur Shared as Celebrations in Bengaluru After RCB's IPL Win

An old video from Maharashtra's Kolhapur is being falsely shared as one from Bengaluru showing people celebrating RCB's win in IPL 2025.

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A video showing a crowd dancing and celebrating on streets is going viral on social media.

The users sharing this video are claiming that it is a recent clip from Karnataka's Bengaluru and shows people celebrating Royal Challengers Bengaluru's (RCB) victory in IPL 2025.

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What's the truth?: This video dates back to June 2024 and is from Kolhapur, Maharashtra.

• It shows people celebrating India's victory against South Africa in T20 World Cup.

How did we find out the truth?: We performed a reverse image search on some of the keyframes of the viral video using Google lens and this led us to an old Facebook post shared on 30 June 2024.

• The caption stated that the video shows people celebrating India's victory against South Africa in T20 World Cup which happened in 29 June 2024.

An archive can be seen here.

(Source: Facebook/Screenshot)

• We found another Instagram post carrying a similar video and it clearly showed board with Marathi text on it.

• Taking a cue, we looked for shops 'Malkar sweet shop' and found the same shop, lane and boards in Kavlapur, Kolhapur.

Conclusion: An old video from Maharashtra's Kolhapur is being falsely shared as one from Bengaluru showing people celebrating RCB's win in IPL 2025.

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