Overview
- Nagpur Rural Police verified the viral six-second clip as AI-generated, confirming the incident never occurred and that neither the man nor the tiger was real.
- Superintendent Dr Harssh Poddar and Additional SP Anil Mhaske issued a notice under Section 68 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita to a Mumbai-based account holder, and the video was taken down from Instagram.
- The reel was posted on October 30 from the handle “aikalaakari,” according to officials.
- Social media posts wrongly claimed the scene involved a 52-year-old labourer named Raju Patel and a stray tiger from the Pench Tiger Reserve, even inventing follow-up events.
- Police urged citizens to stop sharing the fake clip and warned of action against those creating or circulating content that defames wildlife reserves or spreads misinformation.