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      Video Of Indian Army Officers Exiting A Press Meet Falsely Linked To Pahalgam

      BOOM found that the video is from a March 2025 press conference in Punjab, with no connection to the Pahalgam terror attack.

      By -  BOOM Team
      Published -  29 April 2025 8:06 PM IST
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      Video Of Indian Army Officers Exiting A Press Meet Falsely Linked To Pahalgam
      CLAIMA viral video showing Indian army and Police officer leaving a press conference is viral claiming they walked out after saying they were incapable to fighting Pakistan in the aftermath of Pahalgam attack. In the video, a journalist shouts, "What is the Army afraid of?" as army officers leave without answering.
      FACT CHECKBOOM found video is from March 25, 2025, before the Pahalgam attack. The video shows senior army officials walking out after a press conference about the assault on Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath by certain Punjab Police perssonel. BOOM found that the journalist shouting in the viral video, demands that the Army officials take questions from the media and not leave after only reading a statement.

      An old video of senior Indian Army officers walking out of a press conference is viral with a false claim that they did so after declaring they were incapable of fighting a war with Pakistan.

      BOOM found that the video from a March 2025 press conference held in Chandigarh after a Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath was allegedly assaulted over car parking.

      India has come down heavily on Pakistan following a terrorist attack on tourists in Pahalgam, Kashmir which killed 26 people and injuring several others, including locals and a foreign national. The Resistance Front, an alleged shadow organisation of the Pakistan backed Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist group has since claimed responsibilty for the attack. In response, India has made heavy handed diplomatic moves, including suspending the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty, expelling Pakistani military advisors and diplomats and has revoked visas issued to Pakistani nationals.

      The viral video shows senior uniformed army and police officials leaving even as a man shouts "what is the Indian army afraid of?". The video is viral with caption claiming, "Indian Army generals walked out of the meeting. They said We are not capable of fighting a war against Pakistan. Modi still wants war, but his army isn't capable of fighting. This is their true reality of 🇮🇳"



      Fact-check

      BOOM found that the video is older than the Pahalgam attack and unrelated to the current issue.

      We first ran a reverse image search on several keyframes from the video and found posts on Instagram and Facebook identifying it a press conference by Punjab police.

      A Instagram channel Pathankot Update uploaded the same video on March 26, 2025 with the caption, "Yesterday Press Conference Incident. DGP Punjab & Army Officals Press Conference" indicating that the video was from March 25.

      Using this, we ran a keyword search for "march press conference punjab police" and found an Instagram post uploaded by Punjab Police which matched the location in the viral video. In the video, Lt. General Mohit Wadhwa can be heard saying that the press conference is about an assault on a serving Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath by some Punjab police personnel.

      We then used the above information and the visual of army officers walking out in the viral video and ran a keyword search in Punjabi which led us to the same video uploaded on March 25, 2025 by former minister Shiromani Akali Dal leader and Bikram Singh Majithia on Facebook.


      In his post, Majithia praises a Man Aman Singh Chinna for "persistently asking questions".

      A search on X led us to Chinna's profile where he uploaded the same video on March 25, 2025.

      Chief of Staff Western Command Lt Gen Mohit Wadhwa just scooted away with his senior officers after reading out a statement on the Patiala Colonel without taking any questions. The DGP also read out a statement and left but at least he has answered questions of media in recent… pic.twitter.com/86Ytgee0sz

      — Man Aman Singh Chhina (@manaman_chhina) March 25, 2025

      In his post, Chinna says in a press conference about the assault on the Colonel (Bath), senior army officers refused to take questions from the media and walked out after only reading out a statement. His question "what is the army afraid of?" heard in the video is regarding their refusal to take questions on the attack.

      We also found news reports from March on the assault on Colonel Bath and his son and the press conference seen in the viral video. According to NDTV Colonel Bath and his son were attacked by a group of men following a dispute over car parking.

      The full video of the press briefing including the viral clip can be seen below as uploaded by Government of Punjab’s official YouTube channel on March 25, 2025



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      Pahalgam Terror AttackKashmirIndian ArmyJammu and Kashmir
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      Claim :   Indian army officers walked out of a press conference after claiming they were incapable of fighting Pakistan.
      Claimed By :  X, Facebook and Instagram users
      Fact Check :  False
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