

Reportedly, it was shot in the intervening night of May 26 and 27 amid heavy rains wherein the woman was seen walking on the newly constructed bridge near Charwa dam under Katkamsandi police station. It is unclear why the woman was walking unclothed on a highway at night.HAZARIBAG: A video of a mysteriously looking woman of an abnormal height spotted in Jharkhand’s Hazaribag district has gone viral on social media since it first surfaced on May 27 after some unidentified passerby recorded the footage. This report will be updated when the police respond. Seraikela sub-inspector Mohammad Noushad told us that the matter is being investigated. He also sent us a video of himself debunking online rumours.Īlt News contacted both Chakradharpur and Seraikela police stations about the viral clip. Google Maps confirm that NH 75 (red arrow) stretches from Chakradharpur (yellow arrow) town to Seraikela (pink arrow) and Ichinda (blue arrow), a small village is situated between the two towns.ĭeepak sent the original video which is 1:28 minutes long. The video was recorded when Deepak was travelling from Chakradharpur to Seraikela. We cross-checked the location on Google Maps. The metadata confirms it was indeed shot on April 27 at 7:40 pm on National Highway 75, Ichinda, Jharkhand. He shared with us a screenshot of the properties of the video. She was a woman and this was also confirmed by other passers-by.” Deepak told us that the incident took place on the night of April 27. When a few others reached the spot, we asked if they too saw the woman. We got scared when we first saw the woman and stopped at a shop near the highway. “We were returning to Seraikela from Chakradharpur after attending a funeral of a friend’s mother. Record it!).” They posted a 30-second Whatsapp status which was amplified on social media.Īlt News reached out to Deepak to gather more details. They thought she was a witch and shouted “Chudail hai, ladki hai, record kar, record kar!” (Witch, Witch! It’s a girl. They said that while returning from Chakradharpur to Seraikela via Kharsawan road, they spotted a strange woman walking naked. Local channel Jan Doot News interviewed the two youth who recorded the viral video.

The incident took place in Seraikela located in Kharsawan district,” he added. “The bridge near Chadwa Dam is all black (asphalt) and not cemented (concrete) as seen in the video. While the place has been identified as a bridge near Chadwa Dam in Hazaribagh, Anurag said that he visited the bridge and the one in the video is completely different. The original video is about 1:30 minutes long and the viral clip runs for 30 seconds,” he said. The person who recorded the video gave a live interview to a local news outlet where he disclosed the location and time of recording. “This video is from Seraikela, not Hazaribagh. India Today posted the video on its Instagram handle.Ī post shared by India Today Video from Seraikela, JharkhandĪlt News spoke with local journalist Saurav Anurag from Hazaribagh. Hindi serials director Ekta Kapoor shared the video on her Instagram handle which was later published by some outlets. Most reports claimed that it was shot in Hazaribagh. News18 Hindi, MensXP, ETV Bharat, Patrika, Asianet Newsable, Dainik Jagran, Zee News Hindi, Yahoo News, Republic Bharat, TV9 Marathi,, Gujarati Mid-Day, and Amar Ujala were among the outlets that reported on the video. These reports also stated that the odd figure was spotted on the bridge near Chadwa dam. Most outlets have referred to the figure as ‘प्राणी’ or ‘creature’ in English. The channel also stated that the local administration has asked people to not fall for rumours. Aaj Tak reiterated social media claims and added that the possibility that ‘special effects’ were used to create the video cannot be ruled out. The video was amplified by mainstream media channels. Place-Near Hazaribagh,Jharkhand /P4hcLf5yNn People are assuming it to be an Alien and it actually could be, keenly observe the 13th second of the video, A red Lapros wing UFO flying with jangling sound. A few have also tagged NASA, writing that a UFO was spotted. Several people have claimed that the video was taken in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The 30-second clip has been shared with the claim that an ‘alien’ or a ‘ghost’ was spotted in India. A video of a strange figure walking on a highway at night took both media and social media by storm.
