A video showing a large crowd celebrating and dancing has gone viral on social media. Many users claim it is the scenes from Bengaluru after Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) won their maiden IPL trophy.
A Facebook user posted the video with a caption: 1st celebration scenes from Bengaluru on RCB’s win. #rcbwin
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FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the claim and found it to be false.
Analysing the video keyframes through Reverse Image Search, NewsMobile spotted the same footage shared in a post on X, dated June 30, 2024, long time before RCB’s IPL title win. As per the X post, the video shows celebrations in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, following India’s T20 World Cup victory in 2024.
India’s winning T20 WC celebration in kolhapur, Maharashtra. 🇮🇳🚩#T20WorldCup #IndiaWinWorldCup #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/9vj5Eyxp7k
— ‘ (@omii_msdians7) June 30, 2024
Thus, we can conclusively say that the video, claiming to show the celebrations in Bengaluru after RCB’s IPL 2025 victory, is False.
