Mahabir Pun's National Innovation Center a flying car Misinformation is being spread

Few days, videos claiming to have been created by the National Innovation Center led by Mahavir Pun have been posted on social media including Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube. A video of a drone-like bike flying from the bank of a river has gone viral, claiming it to be from Nepal. However, during the fact-checking of Tekpana, it was found that the flying device does not belong to Nepal and has no connection with the National Innovation Center.

The fact-checking concluded that the video was made viral with the intention of spreading confusion in Nepal by showing a video of a hover bike flying in the Philippines. The Facebook page named ‘Khulasa Media’ has posted a 3-minute and 18-second video with the caption ‘Drone carrying people’. In the video, people can be heard hooting ‘Dami, Dami’. The video, which was uploaded at 7:14 pm on October 14, has received more than 1.3 million views as of the time of writing. It has been shared more than 2,000 times and has received more than 42,000 reactions.