THE Indian Army on Sunday issued a Fact Check against a “fake video” circulated by Pakistan-linked social media accounts, claiming that Chinese soldiers were searching Indian Army personnel inside Arunachal Pradesh. Dismissing the claims, the Indian Army said, “Pakistan-based social media accounts are circulating a video falsely claiming that Chinese soldiers are searching Indian Army personnel inside Arunachal Pradesh and that Indian troops must obtain permission from Chinese forces to move through the State.”

 

“The actual video is of a counter-terrorism mock drill conducted in Karnataka’s Bengaluru in May 2026, not Chinese soldiers checking Indian Army personnel in Arunachal Pradesh,” the Fact Check said. The Indian Army cautioned people not to “confuse a security exercise with an actual military confrontation”. Earlier in another Fact Check, the Indian Army debunked claims made on a Pakistan-linked propaganda social media account that the military had launched a “crackdown on the Cockroach Janta Party”