A video is going viral on social media platforms showing luggage and some bags lying on the floor while the individual can be heard apologizing repeatedly. Users on social media are sharing this video and claiming that an Indian Hindu tourist was caught stealing by hotel security in Bali, Indonesia.

Sharing this video on X(Twitter), a user named Kashif Arsalaan wrote: “Indonesia – Indian Hindu tourist caught stealing by hotel security. Tourists took hotel property with them when checking out. At first, he denied it. On checking their luggage, all the stolen items were found on camera”(Translated to English)

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Another user named MD Zishan shared this video and made a similar claim.

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Fact-Check

To verify the authenticity of the viral video, the DFRAC team converted it into some keyframes and reverse-searched it on Google. Meanwhile, we found this video on the official YouTube channel of Hindustan Times with the caption: “Indian family gets busted for stealing hotel accessories in Bali”. The video was uploaded in the year 2019.

According to a media report published by India Today on July 27, 2019, a rather “embarrassing” video of a group of Indian tourists “stealing accessories” from a hotel in Indonesia’s Bali has gone viral on social media. In the 2.20-minute clip, a man, who appears to be from the Bali hotel, is seen scanning the baggage of an Indian family while they are on their way out of the resort.

Furthermore, we found that a media report from News18 Hindi also reported this incident in the year 2019.

Conclusion

It is clear from DFRAC’s Fact-Check that the viral video is from the year 2019, not the recent one.

Therefore, the claim of social media users is misleading.