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The post says
An image shows soldiers violently kicking a civilian woman?
The image presented in the Reel is AI-generated and does not show a real incident of soldiers kicking a woman. The Reel relies on an image purporting to show armed soldiers kicking a civilian woman. Independent fact-checks by South India Times and Lighthouse Journalism confirmed the graphic was artificially generated using AI, and police arrested two people for creating and circulating it.
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- Checked 3 Nov 2026
- Main source: Fact Check by Telugu Post: Viral Image of Hisar Police Kicking Woman Is AI-Generated - The South India Times
The post we checked
May the eyes of cowards never find peace in sleep
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The trick: Made with AI
It passes off an AI-made video, image or voice as real (known as ai-made video or image).
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What we checked
What the post doesn't tell you
- Hisar Police warned against sharing fake images online and arrested two individuals for creating the AI graphic (UncovAI).
How it plays you
It wants you to think: “So the military commits cowardly and violent acts against civilians.”
The claim relies on a fabricated AI image, so it cannot support conclusions about military conduct.
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