'Fidayeen' attack: Govt debunks claims of suicide attack on Army brigade in Rajouri

NEW DELHI: The government on Friday refuted social media allegations of a suicide attack on an Army brigade in Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The PIB's Fact Check Unit confirmed no "fidayeen" attack occurred at any Army cantonment in Jammu and Kashmir. "A total of seven videos were fact-checked between 22:00 hours on May 8, 2025, and 06:30 hours on May 9.A list of the fact-checked videos, along with their links, has been compiled," stated the PIB.Investigation revealed that an old video circulating on social media, purportedly showing Pakistan's missile attack on India, was actually footage of an explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, from 2020.Additionally, a video supposedly showing Pakistani forces destroying an Indian Army post was proven false. The Fact Check Unit established that the "20 Raj Battalion" mentioned in the video does not exist in the Indian Army."A barrage of coordinated disinformation has been carried out by certain social media handles in general and mainstream media in particular in Pakistan with the sole objective to instill fear among the Indian masses," the PIB declared.These social media claims intensified after India successfully prevented Pakistan's attempts to target military installations in Jammu, Pathankot, Udhampur, Uttarlai and Bhuj using drones and missiles, amid escalating tensions between the nations and concerns of broader military engagement.