The claim: Those sharing the video claimed that it showed visuals from the recent clash. Some others added that 150 Indian soldiers overpowered 300 PLA troops in Tawang.
A video showing soldiers brawling near snow-clad mountains is making rounds on the internet amid reports of a clash between China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and Indian soldiers in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang Sector on 9 December, which has reportedly led to injuries on both the sides.
The claim: Those sharing the video claimed that it showed visuals from the recent clash. Some others added that 150 Indian soldiers overpowered 300 PLA troops in Tawang.
The truth: The video of the skirmish has been on the internet since at least June 2020. It was earlier shared in the backdrop of the Galwan clash in which 20 Indian soldier were killed, the quint reported.
Undated video of #IndianArmy soldiers giving it back to #Chinese soldiers. Location not confirmed too. Indian soldiers using sticks, pipes to hit the Chinese soldiers.
West is watching two nuclear powered neighbours fight like this so that matters do not escalate. #Tawang pic.twitter.com/MbBqBElV8U— Shashank Nair (@ShashankNair2) December 14, 2022
BJP MP Manoj Tiwari had tweeted the video with a caption that read: “Indian army on the front foot, jai Hind.”
Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri is among the few verified accounts who tweeted the video and said “This is the India’s army.”
यह हिन्द की सेना… pic.twitter.com/aVrZNtJ2NJ
— Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri (@vivekagnihotri) December 13, 2022
“This video is for those brokers who were dancing naked all day This is Modi’s India and this is India’s army This video of beating, beating and washing of Chinese.” BJP leader Kapil Mishra tweeted.
ये विडियो उनके लिए जो दलाल आज दिन भर नंग नाच कर रहे थे
ये मोदी का भारत है और ये भारत की सेना है
चीनियों की कुटाई, पिटाई, धुलाई का ये विडियो : pic.twitter.com/ZZdjVRejF5
— Kapil Mishra (@KapilMishra_IND) December 13, 2022
Delhi BJP leader Tajinder Bagga had tweeted:”Indian Army Vs Chinese Rats.”
Indian Army Vs Chinese Rats pic.twitter.com/nK1L7vWtdu
— Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga (@TajinderBagga) December 13, 2022
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