A video is doing the rounds on the internet with a claim that it shows a Muslim man named Salim, who allegedly posted as 'Ravi', to marry a woman belonging to the Hindu community.
What have users said?: An X (formerly Twitter) user shared the video with a caption in Hindi insinuating that there are lakhs of Muslim men who are disguising themselves as Hindus to marry women belonging to the Hindu community.
What are the facts?: The video is actually scripted and does not show a real incident, which makes the viral claim false.
It was shared by a YouTuber named 'Monty Deepak Sharma', who regularly posts such scripted content on his channel.
How did we find that out?: We conducted a simple reverse image search on the keyframes of the viral clip and found similar visuals uploaded on an Instagram handle named 'monty_deepak_sharma'.
It was posted on 24 July with a caption that said, "Ravi turned out to be Salim."
Finding the full version: On going through the Instagram handle, we found a link to the user's YouTube channel.
We found the full version posted on 23 July. Its caption said, "Salim did a love marriage by becoming Gaurav."
About the YouTube channel: Team WebQoof noticed that Sharma regularly shares such scripted content on his channel, where he routinely poses as a police personnel.
This clearly indicated that the clip did not show a real incident.
Conclusion: It is evident that the video is scripted and does not show a real incident as claimed by social media users.
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