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Scripted Video Showing Old Man Marrying A 12 Year Old Girl Passed Off as Real

This video is scripted and not a real incident as claimed.

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A video circulating on social media claims to show a married couple with a significant age difference.

The claim: Social media posts allege that the video features a 76-year-old man named Rozob Ali who is married to a 12-year-old girl named Sakina Bibi.

  • This clip is being shared by Indian social media users who have given a communal spin to the claim.

(Archives of similar claims can be found here and here.)

Is the claim true?: No, the claim is false as the video is scripted.

  • We found this video on many social media pages which were meant for entertainment.

What we found: We conducted a Google reverse image search on some keyframes of the video, which directed us to the identical video on YouTube posted by ‘MB TV’ channel.

  • The channel’s “About” section indicated that it is …

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