A video of a crowd lifting a leopard is going viral on the internet, claiming to show an incident from the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protests in Bihar.
(An archived version of a similar claim can be found here.)
Is it true?: No, the video is old, unrelated and shows a leopard that was killed by the villagers in Bihar's Purnea district.
How did we find out?: We ran a reverse image search on the video using Google Lens and found a video uploaded on 27 May 2026 that shared the same visuals.
According to the video's caption, it shows a lion that was killed in Tikapatti village in Bihar's Purnea district (sic).
We found another video, uploaded on 30 May 2026, that shared the same visuals.
The video is captioned, "A shocking incident from Bihar has sparked fresh concern after a leopard was seen surrounded and allegedly harassed by a group of people."
After running a keyword search, we found two articles reporting a leopard killing incident in the Tikapatti area.
The report by ETV Bharat, published on 27 May 2026, states that a leopard that had been terrorising the residents was killed by the villagers in the Tikapatti police station area, Bihar.
An article by Ap7am reported that a leopard that had been allegedly terrorising the villagers of Chakla Bahiyar under the Tikapatti police station area of Bihar's Purnea district was killed by the villagers.
Conclusion: The video shows a leopard that was killed by the villagers in Bihar's Purnea district.
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