Fact Check: Is China carrying out a massive military build-up near Arunachal Pradesh? Here's the truth behind viral claim

PIB, the government’s fact-checking agency, has dismissed viral claims regarding China's "large-scale subject build-up adjacent Arunachal Pradesh". “The video has nary narration to immoderate workout connected the Indian border,” it said successful a station connected X.

The claims had triggered concerns astir renewed tensions on the Line of Actual Control.“Several societal media accounts person shared a video claiming that China has started a monolithic subject build-up adjacent Arunachal Pradesh. This assertion is fake,” it added.

According to PIB, the footage really shows a regular subject workout conducted by a brigade of the People’s Liberation Army’s 78th Group Army. The portion operates nether China’s Northern Theatre Command, headquartered successful Harbin successful Heilongjiang Province.“The video shared shows a subject workout conducted by a brigade of the PLA’s 78th Group Army… The video has nary narration to immoderate workout connected the Indian border,” the fact-check portion said.PIB noted that the workout took spot astir a period agone and does not bespeak immoderate unit mobilisation adjacent Arunachal Pradesh oregon elsewhere on the border.The video was archetypal uploaded connected YouTube and aboriginal recirculated crossed societal media platforms with misleading captions. PIB besides shared a nexus to the archetypal upload to clarify the discourse of the footage.In the X post, PIB besides urged the citizens to verify accusation from authoritative sources earlier sharing content, saying "Please enactment alert and trust lone connected accusation obtained from authoritative sources."