A video in which a woman is allegedly caught cheating by her husband is viral on social media with communal claims. Social media users claim that a married Muslim man lured the woman, a Hindu, by hiding his identity and marital status.
In the viral clip, the husband along with two policemen, catch the wife with the lover. The husband informs the cops that the two have been conspiring to kill him and shows them evidence. The man tells the police that his name is Gaurav, but while checking his phone and investigating, they discover that his name is actually Salim and that he is married. The wife seems unaware of this.
On July 15, 2025, X user @KreatelyMedia, which has spread misinformation in the past, shared this video and wrote, "Gaurav turned out to be Salim".
A YouTube channel called The Star Network News shared the video on July 16, 2025. The video's Hindi title roughly translates to: "Husband catches wife with lover, wife threatens to kill, Gaurav turned out to be a married man named Salim". It is worth noting that this is not the official Star Network account, but the channel uses the Star News logo.
Numerous other X users shared the video and claimed that Salim had changed his name and was living with a married woman named Gaurav.
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Facebook users, including a page titled Bundel Khand Live, also shared the video. Apart from this, this footage was also shared on Instagram with similar claims.
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Fact Check
Upon taking a closer look at the viral video, Alt News noticed that one of the men posing as a policeman is actually a content creator named Deepak Sharma, who makes entertainment videos. We have previously written about scripted videos made by Sharma, featuring him, that have been shared with false claims.
We found the source video posted on the Facebook page and YouTube channel of "Monty Deepak Sharma" as well as the Facebook page "Actor Monty Sharma". The original video is about 10 minutes long. It is worth noting that the creator has not added any disclaimer here that this is a scripted video.
Upon further investigation, we also found a video of the same skit shot from a different angle on Deepak Sharma's Instagram account "Monty Deepak Sharma" and a Facebook page named "Actor Monty Sharma".
In this, a disclaimer appears at the 00:03-minute mark in the video. It states that this is a work of fiction and made for entertainment purposes. However, the disclaimer appears for less than a second, which means the audience will barely be able to read it or notice it.
The actors seen in the viral video also appear in many other scripted videos.
In other words, the viral video is scripted and the saga of Gaurav or Salim's so-called affair is fictional. Several social media users fell for the misleading nature of the content, which does not carry apt disclaimers, making it . seem like a real incident. Alt News has seen several instances in the past wherein scripted videos have been misused to target a particular community.
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