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Movie Scene Showing Kidnapping of Reporter Shared As Real Incident From Nagaland

This is not a real incident but a scene from a Bhojpuri movie.

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A video showing a reporter being 'kidnapped' in broad daylight from a relatively busy road while the cameraperson with her runs after the car is going viral on social media as an incident from Dimapur, Nagaland.

This is not a real incident but a scene from a Bhojpuri movie.

An archive can be seen here.

(Source: Facebook/Screenshot)

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

Is this a real incident?: No, this is not a real kidnapping incident but a scene from a Bhojpuri movie, Hum Hai Rowdy SP Vijay.

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How did we find out the truth?: We checked the comment section under the viral video and noticed one comment which had mentioned that this scene is from a Bhojpuri movie, Hum Hai Rowdy SP Vijay.

This is not a real incident but a scene from a Bhojpuri movie.

The comment under the viral video.

(Source: Facebook/Screenshot)

  • At 8:38 timestamp, we see a reporter standing in the middle of the road while a cameraperson records her.

  • At 8:53 timestamp, we see a white Omni car approaching her, opening the door and pulling her inside the car.

  • The car takes off, and the cameraperson runs after the vehicle; all this matches the 'kidnapping' scene seen in the viral video.

  • We also noticed that the car and the attires worn by the reporter and cameraperson match the ones seen in the viral clip.

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  • Both the scene match but are from different angles.

    (Source: Altered by The Quint)

  • With the help of Google maps, we also found out that this shoot has actually happened at City Tower in Dimapur, Nagaland.

  • The location is City Tower, Dimapur.

    (Source: Altered by The Quint)

Conclusion: A movie scene showing a reporter getting kidnapped in being falsely shared as a real incident of kidnapping in Dimapur, Nagaland.

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