CHANDIGARH: Former cricketer and Rajya Sabha MP Harbhajan Singh‘s put up a few viral video depicting two males showing to behave like “zombies” has drawn a fact-check from Punjab Police, which mentioned the clip was not from Punjab however from Rajasthan’s Sri Ganganagar.Sharing the video on X, Harbhajan expressed anguish over the alleged impression of drug habit on Punjab’s youth and blamed successive governments for the state of affairs.“The evil eye has struck, my buddy, on our Punjab… The governments have ruined Punjab and its Punjabi youth. It makes me need to cry seeing all this. Forgive my Punjab… Excuse Punjab. The place have they introduced Punjab to? The Punjab that was as soon as recognized for its rising fortunes, braveness, and bravado—at this time, that very same Punjab’s youth is besieged by addictions. There’s nonetheless time—save my Punjab. Save Punjab’s youth.”Nevertheless, Punjab Police responded to the put up, clarifying that the video being circulated was truly from Sri Ganganagar in Rajasthan and had no reference to Punjab Police.“The video being circulated is from Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan—not Punjab—and has no reference to Punjab Police,” the police mentioned in a put up on X.The police additionally cautioned social media customers towards assuming the placement of an incident based mostly on the language utilized in a video.“A Punjabi audio monitor doesn’t make an incident a Punjab incident,” Punjab Police mentioned.Urging customers and social media accounts to confirm info earlier than posting, the police added, “We urge customers and social media accounts to confirm the information and placement earlier than posting deceptive content material or tagging Punjab Police.”“Accountable sharing issues,” the police mentioned, tagging Harbhajan Singh within the put up.
