Fact Check: Viral Video of Salman Khan Allegedly Threatening Lawrence Bishnoi Is Fake

New Delhi (Vishvas News). Former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddiqui was shot dead outside his son’s office in Mumbai on 12 October 2024. The Lawrence Bishnoi gang took responsibility for his murder and the reason for the murder was said to be the friendship between Baba Siddiqui and actor Salman Khan. Meanwhile, a video is going viral on social media, in which Salman Khan can be seen allegedly threatening Lawrence Bishnoi. The post claims that Salman has openly threatened Bishnoi.

Vishvas News’ investigation revealed that this video of Salman Khan is edited. The audio has been altered, and the original footage dates back to 2021, from the actor’s interview with his brother Arbaaz Khan. Notably, there was no reference to Lawrence Bishnoi in the entire conversation.

What is the viral post?

Facebook user Saiyad Kadir (archive link) shared this video on October 17. While posting the video, the user wrote, “Salman Khan gave an open challenge to Bishnoi…”

In the video, Salman Khan says, “Lawrence Bishnoi, you’ve made a serious mistake by separating a son from his father. This will be addressed very soon. I swear to God, if I don’t turn you into a dog, then my name isn’t Salman Khan.”

Investigation

To investigate the viral claim, we watched the video carefully. There is no lip sync between the video and the audio. Also, the pronouns used in the audio are wrong and the diction and voice modulation sounds artificial. We suspected that the audio of this video was edited.

We shared this video with our partner Deepfakes Analysis Unit (DAU), an initiative of Misinformation Combat Alliance, for confirmation. The DAU team examined the audio using various tools. Hiya AI voice detection tool indicated that the audio could be AI-generated.

We also spoke to AI expert Ansh Mehra on this subject. He said that there was no match between the video and the audio. “The lips have not even been blurred to hide the bad lipsync. Such audio can be created with the help of AI tools with an easy prompt,” Mehra added.

Next, to find the original video, we searched the keyframes on Google Lens and found the entire video published on the YouTube channel Qu Play on 21 July 2021, titled “Quick Heel Pinch by Arbaaz Khan.” There was no mention of Lawrence Bishnoi anywhere in the 23-minute-long video.

Many false claims about the Lawrence Bishnoi and Salman Khan case are spreading online. Vishvas News has looked into several of these misleading posts, and you can read our findings here.

We scanned the profile of Facebook user Saiyad Kadir who shared the video. The user has around 5000 followers.

Disclaimer: Certain facts in this story have been updated to reflect the correct findings and remove an error. The lip-sync in the video is poor but that finding was erroneously attributed to the tool True Media. While examination by human experts establish that finding, the reference to the tool has been removed and the error is regretted. The updates follow standard procedures and do not affect the overall conclusion of this fact-check.

Conclusion: Vishvas News’ investigation revealed that this video of Salman Khan is edited. The audio has been altered from the original video, which dates back to 2021, when Salman Khan was interviewed by his brother Arbaaz Khan. Notably, there was no mention of Lawrence Bishnoi during the entire conversation.

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• Baba Siddique
• Lawrence Bishnoi
• Salman khan