Mumbai, July 25: A viral video of a leopard surrounded by people in a village in Rajasthan's Ajmer started circulating on social media this week. The video has been shared with the claim that the leopard is drunk after drinking country liquor. Social media users claimed that the big cat drank the country liquor, mistaking it for water.
The viral video claims to show a leopard in Ajmer appearing disoriented and stumbling, allegedly due to consuming alcohol. In the video, a mob is seen walking closely with the animal, laughing, jeering, and taking "selfies" with it. The clip shows one man trying to hop on the leopard but is prevented from doing so. Hindu Students Attacked by Islamists in Bangladesh? Viral Video of Chhatra League Workers Falling from Building Shared With Fake Claim, Here’s a Fact Check.
‘Drunk' Leopard Strays Into Ajmer Village, Claims User
#अजमेर: दारु पीने के बाद, तेंदुआ भूल गया, वो एक तेंदुआ है* गांव तारागढ़ से अजीबोगरीब मामला सामने आया है। तेंदुआ कच्ची शराब की भट्टी से दारू को, पानी समझकर पी गया और हो गया नशे में, उत्पात मचाने के बजाए कुत्ता बन गया.#Ajmer pic.twitter.com/QRudKpDi7c
— दार्शनिक समाचार (@Darshniksamacha) July 22, 2024
People Seen Walking With 'Drunk' Leopard
जब जानवर का पीने से यह हाल होता है तो इंसान भी भूल जाता होगा कि वह इंसान है।
अजमेर के गांव तारागढ़ से अजीबोगरीब मामला आया सामने तेंदुआ कच्ची शराब की भट्टी से दारू को पानी समझकर पी गया फिर जो हाल हुआ उसका।
तेंदुआ दारु पीने के बाद भूल गया की वो तेंदुआ है. pic.twitter.com/A6GCORUepD
— जुगुल किशोर बुन्देला IPS- सावधान भारत (@ipsjkishore08) July 21, 2024
We at LatestLY investigated the video and found that the claim is misleading. The video is old and is from Madhya Pradesh's Dewas. Upon further investigation, we found that the leopard was sick, not drunk. The video shows a leopard that is unwell. It is walking slowly, and its fur is matted. A group of people can be seen surrounding the leopard, some of them even touching it. CrowdStrike ‘Employee’ Vincent Flibustier Fired for ‘Update’ That Caused Microsoft Windows Crash and Global IT Outage? Here’s a Fact Check of Viral Video.
Original Video Posted by IANS on August 23, 2023:
Some people in #Dewas district of #MadhyaPradesh were seen, in a viral video, walking along with a leopard who apparently seemed sick.
In the video, the leopard is seen surrounded by over a dozen persons and one of them was seen sitting on leopard’s back. The villagers were seen… pic.twitter.com/wSFYfHb4Vz
— IANS (@ians_india) August 30, 2023
We also found a video was originally posted on X, formerly Twitter, by the news agency IANS. The IANS post said that the video was taken in the village of Iklela in Dewas district, Madhya Pradesh. The leopard was found wandering around the village and was surrounded by people. Some people were even riding on the leopard's back.
Fact check
Video of a leopard allegedly 'drunk' on country liquor walking among the people in a village in Rajasthan's Ajmer.
The claim is fake. The video is old and is from Madhya Pradesh's Dewas, not from Rajasthan's Ajmer. The leopard was also sick, not drunk as claimed by users.
(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Jul 25, 2024 04:22 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).