Scripted Video Showing Old Man Marrying 12-Year-Old Girl Viral as Real Incident

This video is scripted and not a real incident as claimed.

Fact-Check: This video is scripted and not a real incident. 

(Source: The Quint) 

A video circulating on social media claims to show a married couple with a significant age difference.

The claim: Social media posts allege that the video features a 76-year-old man named Rozob Ali who is married to a 12-year-old girl named Sakina Bibi.

• This clip is being shared by Indian social media users who have given a communal spin to the claim.

An archive of the post can be found here. 

(Source: Instagram) 

(Archives of similar claims can be found here and here.)

Is the claim true?: No, the claim is false as the video is scripted.

• We found this video on many social media pages which were meant for entertainment.

What we found: We conducted a Google reverse image search on some keyframes of the video, which directed us to the identical video on YouTube posted by 'MB TV' channel.

• The channel's "About" section indicated that it is an "Entertainment channel."

Here are the details of the channel. 

(Source: YouTube) 

• We, then, browsed through the channel and found other videos which were scripted in nature. You can see some of them here and here.

• We, then, came across a video in which we found the same girl. We compared the two frames and found similarities. You can see the video here.

Here are the similarities between the two. 

(Source: Altered by The Quint) 

• Similarly, we also found the video on a Facebook page called Disha Media which was listed under the "video creator" category. You can see the video here.

• They also had a message in their "Intro" - " This page is made for entertainment, education, inspiration purpose. For more update, please follow our page." (sic.)

Here is the information on the Facebook page. 

(Source: Facebook) 

Conclusion: A scripted video showing an old man wed to a 12-year-old girl is being shared as real incident on social media platforms.

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