Overview

• The Press Information Bureau on August 28 flagged as fake a viral video that purported to show Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi accusing the government of halting action during Operation Sindoor.
• The manipulated clip falsely claimed the Navy was denied permission to join the operation and that this led to Indian Air Force losses.
• PIB posted the full recording of the Visakhapatnam event, where the Navy Chief praised force readiness and said capabilities were demonstrated during Operation Sindoor.
• Fact-checkers at The Quint traced the claim to an altered segment and reported AI-generated audio with 99.9 percent confidence, matching the wording in the authentic longer video.
• Operation Sindoor was a joint Army, Navy and Air Force strike in early May launched after the April 22 Pahalgam attack, a campaign that has since become a focus of propaganda efforts.