Does This Video Show Buildings Burning in India Due To Pakistani Attacks? No!

Neither is this video recent nor is it from India.

A video of multiple buildings engulfed in flames is being shared on social media platforms as recent visuals from India, amid the recent escalations between India and Pakistan.

An X (formerly Twitter) Twitter user shared the clip with a caption that said, "Good morning india. #OperationBunyanulMarsoos (sic)."

The above post had recorded over four lakh views on the platform, when this report was being written. More archives of similar claims can be found here, here, and here.

What are the facts?: The claim is false. The incident dates back to March, when a fire broke out at a building in Nepal during the pro-monarchy protests.

How did we find that out?: We divided the video into several keyframes and conducted a reverse image search on them.

• This directed us to a news report published in The News Mill, which said that two people had lost their lives in violent pro-monarch protest.

• Following this, a curfew was imposed and the Nepal Army was deployed.

• The report further mentioned that the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) had supported the protest.

• Another report shared on a website called 'Business Darshan' identified the building as Herb Production and Processing Company in Kathmandu, Nepal.

• The report added that the main building as well as the production building were completely burnt down.

Geolocating the place: Using the available information as hints, we searched for the company's name on Google Maps and found a location which showed similarities to the viral clip.

Comparing visuals: Team WebQoof compared keyframes from the viral clip with the visuals available on Google Maps and could conclude that the incident indeed took place in Kathmandu.

Other sources: A WION video report on the pro-monarchy protests also showed the same buildings in the background.

• The video was shared on 28 March and it was titled, "Nepal: Pro-monarchy Protests Turn Violent in Kathmandu | World News | WION Dispatch."

Conclusion: Evidently, the video is old and unrelated to India.

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