Fact-Check:2018 dance video Indian and Chinese troops falsely linked with the death of LeT Commander
Kamran Khan 
Dfrac
After the death of one of the top LET commanders, a video has gone viral on social media. While sharing this video, users claim that “Based on specific intelligence inputs from the Chinese MSS, the Indian Army eliminated Usman a dreaded LeT FT, active since last 16-17 years! After successfully eliminating the pig both the Indian and Chinese Army’s indulge in some dance and music”
Fact Check
During the investigation, DFRAC found that the claim was false. We found a similar video on Youtube account of The Financial Express, uploaded in 2018 with the caption: “ Indian and Chinese troops dance: Share a lighter moment during Hand-in-Hand exercise”
Furthermore, we also found a report by Indian Express from 2018 carrying a screengrab from the viral video. The report stated that as troops of India and China got together for the 7th Sino-India joint exercise Hand-in-Hand 2018 at Chengdu in China, the soldiers from both sides shared a lighter moment of dancing. Now, the video of the Indian army teaching their Chinese counterpart Bhangra steps has delighted people online.
Conclusion
It is evident from the DFRAC’s fact-check that the viral video has been misleadingly shared on X. Originally, the video is from 2018 showing the soldiers from both sides sharing a lighter moment of dancing as troops of India and China got together for a joint exercise Hand-in-Hand 2018 in China.
Siddharth Urmil 
