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Fact Check: Video of Drunken Students from Karnataka Goes Viral with Misleading Claim

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A video clip is widely shared on social media showing some school students in an intoxicated state.

The video is shared with a caption claiming that it is of the drunken students in Kerala.

The video is shared with a caption that reads: “കേരളത്തിലെ പല ബസ് സ്റ്റാൻഡിലും നിങ്ങളുടെ മക്കളെ കാത്ത് ലഹരി മാഫിയയും, മറ്റുടീമും വലയിലാക്കാൻ ശ്രമിക്കുന്നു. ഇടയ്ക്ക് നിങ്ങൾ നിങ്ങളുടെ മക്കൾ ബസ് കയറുന്ന സ്ഥലം സന്ദർശിക്കുക. അവരറിയാതെ ഫോളോ ചെയ്യുക. ബസ് സ്റ്റാൻഡ് കേന്ദ്രീകരിച് ചെറിയ 7, 8, 9,10, +1, +2 പെൺകുട്ടികളെ അടക്കം ആണ് വലയിൽ വീഴ്ത്തിയത്. ലഹരി മാഫിയ പ്രണയം നടിച്ചു നിങ്ങളുടെ മക്കളെ വശത്താക്കും, മിട്ടായി രൂപത്തിൽ എന്തെങ്കിലും നൽകും. ഓരോ രക്ഷിതാക്കളും മക്കളുടെ സ്കൂൾ പോക്ക് വരവ് ശ്രദ്ധിക്കുക. നിരീക്ഷിക്കാൻ ബന്ധപ്പെട്ടവരെ ചുമതല പെടുത്തുക. ചെറിയ മക്കളെ വല്ലാതെ ലഹരി മാഫിയ ലക്ഷ്യമാക്കന്നു.” (English translation: “*Parents beware* Drug mafia and other gangs are waiting for your children at many bus stands like Kasargod, Kanhangad, Kannur Koothuparamba, etc. In between, you visit the place where your children board the bus. Follow them without knowing. 7, 8, 9, 10, +1, +2 girls were caught in the net from the centre of the bus stand. The drug mafia will lure your children by pretending to be in love and give them something in the form of sweets. Every parent should note their children’s school attendance. Assign stakeholders to monitor. Young children are highly targeted by the drug mafia. *Protection team* Jana Maitri Police .Share with family, friends, school groups and wherever is possible.”)

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FACT CHECK

NewsMobile did the fact-check, and found it to be misleading.
We found the same video uploaded by a YouTube channel AIN Kannada on July 25, 2022, with a caption: “Ganja Nashe: ಹಾಡಹಗಲೇ ತೇಲಾಡಿದ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು ವಿಡಿಯೋ ನೋಡಿ.” (English translation: “Ganja Nashe: Watch the video of the students who floated in the morning.”) The hashtag hints that the video is from Shivvamogga, Karnataka.
We found a screenshot of the same video uploaded by a website, Crazy Bollywood, dated July 25, 2022.
The article associated with the video reads: “A video in which students of a prestigious private college in Shimoga were said to be intoxicated after taking drugs went viral on social media. But Shimoga SP B.M. has investigated this matter. Lakshmi Prasad revealed the truth. Those three students did not consume cannabis. The police have already collected information from the college student and the college administration. The incident took place on Friday evening. Students went to a bar on college road and drank alcohol.”
The video was uploaded by TV Kannada with the description: “ಕಾಲೇಜು ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳಿಂದ ಮಾದಕ ವಸ್ತು ಸೇವನೆ. ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗದ ಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠಿತ ಖಾಸಗಿ ಕಾಲೇಜಿನಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆದ ಘಟನೆ. ಗುಂಗಿನ ನಶೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಒದ್ದಾಡುತ್ತಿರುವ ವಿಡಿಯೋ ವೈರಲ್. ಮಾದಕವಸ್ತು ಸೇವಿಸಿದ ಕಾಲೇಜಿನ ಮೂವರು ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು. ನಶೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಒದ್ದಾಡುತ್ತಿರುವ ಮುವರು ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು.” (English translation: “Drug use by college students. The incident took place in a prestigious private college in Shimoga. Gungy’s drunken video has gone viral. Three students of the college who took drugs. Three students who are drunk.”)
Hence, we can ascertain that the viral claim is misleading.

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