A video which shows police nabbing robbers at a place is being widely shared on social media with a claim that a robbery happened at the Indian Overseas Bank in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra.
However, we found that it was a mock drill conducted by the Ahmednagar Police at the Shendi branch of the bank and not an actual robbery.
CLAIM
The two-minute video, which shows the police nabbing the robbers is being shared with the claim that reads: "Robbers caught red handed as people alerted police after hearing some sound coming from inside the bank. Bank was closed due to holiday (sic)."
![The video is actually of a mock drill conducted by Ahmednagar police to raise awareness in the area.](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2021-09%2Ffcdb9b77-e586-439e-95d1-e229d22c38be%2FScreenshot_2021_09_08_at_11_09_38_AM.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
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WHAT WE FOUND
We searched on Google with relevant keywords and found a news report by Maharastra Times . The report read that the police had conducted a mock drill by at the Indian Overseas Bank in the Shendi branch of Ahmednagar district.
We also found the video on YouTube posted on 1 September.
Speaking to The Quint, Ahmednagar Police Inspector Anil Katake said that it was a mock drill that was conducted at the Indian Overseas Branch on 1 September.
"The mock drill was to raise awareness among people about a telephonic security system, an initiative by Ahmednagar Police, in case of anti-social activities, for instance, theft or robbery."Anil Katake, Ahmednagar Police Inspector (Local Crime Branch)
Further, we reached out to a local reporter from Ahmednagar who helped us with visuals from the incident.
Clearly, a video of a mock drill is being falsely shared as video of robbers being nabbed.
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