No, Viral Video Doesn't Show an Indian Immigrant Getting Arrested in Greece
This is an old video which shows a Bangladeshi immigrant getting arrested in Greece for the rape and murder charges.
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A video is going viral on social media which claim that an Indian immigrant was arrested in Greece for sexually assaulting a nine-year-old girl.
How did we find out the truth?: We performed a reverse image search on some of the keyframes of the viral video which led us to several old reports.
A report shared by Greek City Times on 26 June 2023 carried a screenshot from the video and stated that it shows a man being arrested for raping and murdering a 27-year-old Polish woman who worked in a hotel on the Greek island of Kos.
This video is from 2023.
(Source: GCT/Screenshot)
We then performed a relevant keyword search and found other reports (here and here) which identified the man as a 32-year-old Bangladeshi immigrant named Salauddin S.
None of the reports mentioned anything about the man being Indian, as claimed.
Another report shared by Dhaka Tribune, mentioned that this 27-year-old woman who was murdered went missing on 12 June 2023, and her body was later found on 18 June 2023.
Conclusion: An old 2023 video of a Bangladeshi immigrant’s arrest for a Polish woman’s rape and murder is being falsely shared as an Indian migrant being arrested.
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