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.