India, Sept. 30 -- Countering claims that police arrested activist Ladakh activist "without any evidence on the directions of the defence minister" after protests demanding statehood turned violent in Leh on September 24, the government's Press Information Bureau (PIB) has fact-checked a related video.

Labelling the video with a "deepfake alert" sign, the PIB Fact Check Unit said, "A digitally altered video of Director General of Police (DGP) Ladakh Dr. S.D Singh is circulating on social media, in which he is making claims that Sonam Wangchuk was arrested on the directions of the Indian Defence Minister without any evidence. DGP Ladakh has made NO such statement."

It also shared a YouTube link to the unedited, complete video.

It furthe...