“The video shows Colonel Sofiya Qureshi calling the tri-service Trishul exercise a political gimmick ahead of the 2025 Bihar elections.”
What FACTLY found
The viral clip is digitally manipulated. Colonel Sofiya Qureshi did not say that the tri-service Trishul exercise is a political gimmick ahead of the 2025 Bihar elections in her original address at the Indian Army’s Chanakya Defence Dialogue. The audio in the viral video was added using AI generated voice and is not part of her speech. Multiple AI voice-analysis checks also indicated that the audio is artificially generated. The Press Information Bureau (PIB) Fact Check has confirmed that the...
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 3 November 2025. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 4 November 2025, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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