Fact Check: Old Nepal Footage Falsely Shared as Recent India-Pakistan Conflict Visuals

A high-level meeting was held at the Prime Minister’s Office to assess the security situation along the India-Pakistan border, as per sources aware of the development.

As stated by CNBC TV18, while both countries had agreed to halt military action following a recent escalation, Pakistan has since violated the understanding through artillery shelling and drone attacks.“No military action from either side has taken place since 10:30 pm on Saturday night,” it informed. India’s air defense systems remain on high alert, and all operational deployments by the Indian Air Force, Navy, and Army continue to be fully active and vigilant.

Meanwhile, an video is going viral on social media showing multiple buildings engulfed in flames. It is being widely shared as recent footage from India amid the ongoing escalation between India and Pakistan.

A screenshot of the claim is provided below.

Fact Check:

The claim is false. The footage actually dates back to March and shows a fire that broke out in a building in Nepal during pro-monarchy protests.

We investigated the claim that the visuals depict scenes from India amid the latest escalation between India and Pakistan. While we found various pictures and videos related to the situation, this particular video was not among them. If it were genuinely related to the India-Pakistan conflict, it would likely have been reported by mainstream media.

When we extracted a key frame from the viral video and performed a reverse image search, we found an article published by The Print.

On 28th March 2025 The Print published a article on it with the title, 2 die in Nepal’s pro-monarchy protest, curfew imposed as govt deploys army.

The article was published with an image that closely resembles the viral video.

When we compared the two, we found that both the photograph and the video are from the same incident.

This proves that the viral image is from March 2025 and has no connection to the ongoing India-Pakistan situation.

In the article The Print published, Two people, one protestor and a media person lost their lives in 28th March's violent pro-monarch protest, which by the end of the day, resulted in imposition of curfew and deployment of the Nepal Army. The violent clash which started with the ramming of vehicle, breaking a barrage of Police by Durga Prasai, a pro-monarch businessman resulted in arson, stone pelting and firing by police as it progressed. The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), a right-wing pro-monarchist, also the fifth largest party in parliament had supported the protest.

Former King Gyanendra Shah also had held interaction with Prasain within this week as the protest plans were announced. Sources say that the government might also indict Shah for his involvement in instigating the violence of 28th. The Police has named 29-year-old Sabin Maharjan from Kirtipur as the deceased who succumbed to bullet injuries. The body has been sent to the forensic department for post-mortem in coordination with the police.

We searched using relevant keywords and found that several media outlets published article with the same information.

The News Mill Published: Two people, one protestor and a media person lost their lives in 28th's violent pro-monarch protest, which by the end of the day, resulted in imposition of curfew and deployment of the Nepal Army.

ANI Published: 2 die in Nepal's pro-monarchy protest, curfew imposed as govt deploys army.

Hence, we found the claim to be false. The footage, which dates back to March, shows a fire in Nepal and has been falsely shared as recent visuals from the India-Pakistan conflict.