A video is viral on social media with the claim that it shows Indian army men celebrating after the country trespassed into Chinese territory. "Big News: India has entered 4 kms into China. Indian army jawans celebrating. (बड़ी खबर: भारत #चीन के 4 किलोमीटर अन्दर तक घुस चुका है। जश्न मनाते #भारतीय_सेना के जवान)," reads the caption in Hindi.

The video has been shared in the backdrop of India-China tensions which aggravated after 20 Indian army soldiers were killed in a deadly face-off in Galwan valley on June 15. The death toll on the Chinese side remains unknown.

Twitter user @Real_Deepika_ also promoted the video with identical claim.

Fact-check

A reverse image search of the video's keyframes led us to the same clip uploaded by Facebook page 'བོད་ཀྱི་འཕྲིན་ལམ། Tibet Channel' on August 27. The accompanying caption stated, "Tibetan Army dance."

A close look at the video shows the men holding the Tibetan flag.

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A comparison of the frames of both the videos further proves they are the same.

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It is noteworthy that after the Galwan clashes in June, reports of fresh cross-border skirmish emerged in the last week of August. In a press release on August 31, the Indian Defense Ministry stated that the People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops violated the previous consensus amid the ongoing standoff in Eastern Ladakh. "Indian troops pre-empted this PLA activity on the Southern Bank of Pangong Tso Lake, undertook measures to strengthen our positions and thwart Chinese intentions to unilaterally change facts on ground," said the ministry. These clashes predate the viral video. Furthermore, we were unable to locate any credible media reports stating that the Indian army trespassed into Chinese territory.

A video of the Tibetan army was thus shared as Indian army men 'celebrating' after intruding 4 km into the Chinese side.

Video viral with false claim

The clip was also shared with a Tamil caption by Facebook page 'இந்திய இராணுவச் செய்திகள் (Tamil Defense)' drawing over 5,700 likes.

The video is widely circulating on both Facebook and Twitter.