Recently, a video has circulated widely on social media platforms showing an individual engaged in an indecent act—masturbating—while travelling on a train with female passengers around him. This video has been falsely attributed to an Indian-origin man named Mukesh Shah, claiming it shows him in London. However, D-Intent Data has conducted a thorough investigation and determined that the video is not from the UK. Instead, it originates from the USA and is unrelated to any public masturbation incidents involving an Indian-origin man in the UK.
The video circulated with misleading claims
Several users, influencers, propagandists and political workers have shared the video and claimed that the man was an Indian-origin person in the UK.
Sharing the video on X (Formerly Twitter), Propagandist account Dhruv Rathee Parody (@dhruvrahtee) wrote. Mukesh Shah, showing his culture in a metro in London. Which Genes is this? The post has received more than 600k views and a significant number of engagements.
Another account @NazneenAkhtar10 has also shared the video and wrote, The name of this fanatic Tanatani Jhandu is Mukesh Shah. He was demonstrating Tanatani culture while sitting on a London train. The police have arrested him. When asked, he said that the Tanatani people demonstrate like this in front of their sisters and it is a part of their culture. (Translated from Hindi)
Several other users, influencers and propagandists have also shared the video and report and made similar claims. Their posts can be seen here, @Delhiite_, @asad_alee1, @Rheahaha12, @SaifBackUp, @MissPayalGupta, @kamaalrkhan, @common000786Om, @AsianDigest
The truth about the viral video, Fact Check
As soon as the posts containing the video, reports and claims came to our notice. Subsequently, we conducted research and analysis of the incident and found that the viral video was recent. And unrelated to the public masturbation incidents involving an Indian-origin man in the UK.
To verify the claims made by the users. We performed a reverse image search of some key frames from the viral video on Google Lens. This led us to initial posts containing the video. According to the initial posts(1, 2, 3), the video was recorded on a train in New York.
Upon closer examination, it is evident that the video was recorded in the USA. The person depicted in the video does not resemble Mukesh Shah, the individual accused in the UK incident. Additionally, the interior of the subway car is similar to New York City’s subway system. Furthermore, an advertisement for “FIGS,” a sponsor of the Olympic Team USA, is visible in the footage, further confirming the American location.
Source – istockphoto, Alamy
Hence, it is evident from D-Intent Data’s Fact Check that the viral video is not from the UK but a recent video from the USA. Also, the person’s identity is unknown and doesn’t support the claims.
Intent
Social media users, influencers and propagandists are circulating unverified videos with false and self-invented claims to set their narrative against a particular community.
Conclusion
Claim– The viral video shows an Indian-origin man named Mukesh Shah masturbating publicly in London.
Fact– This is an unverified video from the USA and is unrelated to public masturbation incidents involving an Indian-origin man in the UK.
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