India, Oct. 26 -- Saudi authorities have labelled a viral video of a man from Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj pleading for help in Saudi Arabia as "baseless," claiming it was created and posted purely to attract social media views.

In a post on X, the Eastern Province Police said, A claim by an expatriate in a visual content expressing his desire to return to his country has no validity, and it was documented and published for the purpose of increasing the number of views on his account on one of the social media platforms."

The video, widely shared online, shows the man speaking in Bhojpuri with a camel in the background, claiming that his passport was seized and that he was being threatened by his employer.

The man also urgently appealed t...