In late June 2026, the Nah Welfare Society (NWS), a tribal body from Arunachal Pradesh’s Upper Subansiri district, alleged that over the last 10-15 years, China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) had occupied parts of the community’s traditional land and constructed roads, bridges, and military camps there. The Indian Army dismissed the allegations as baseless. At the same time, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju stated that there had been no Chinese intrusion into Indian territory, although transgressions occur because the India-China boundary is not demarcated on the ground.

Amid this, a collage of videos is being shared on social media (here, here). One of the videos shows a woman confronting Army personnel, while another shows security personnel and civilians gathered in large numbers. The collage is being shared with the claim that these visuals depict a recent confrontation between Indian civilians and Chinese Army personnel who were attempting to enter Arunachal Pradesh, India. Let’s verify the truth behind the video in this article.

The archived post can be found here.

Claim: The videos show Indian civilians confronting Chinese Army personnel attempting to enter Arunachal Pradesh, India.

Fact: The collage combines unrelated videos that have no connection to Arunachal Pradesh. The first clip is from Manipur and features members of the United National Liberation Front (UNLF-Pambei) and the Manipur People’s Army (MPA), not Chinese Army personnel. The second clip was recorded at Baltal, the base camp for the Amarnath Yatra, where a large crowd had gathered for instant registration for the pilgrimage. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.

To verify the first clip, which shows a woman pleading with Army personnel and asking them to go back, we conducted a reverse image search using keyframes from the viral video, which led us to an extended version (archived) of the same video uploaded on the Facebook page Poknapham/The People’s Chronicle on June 30, 2026. According to the post, the video shows the cadres of the United National Liberation Front (UNLF) led by Pambei, who were hiding in the forest, surrendering and joining the state forces (English translation of the original Manipuri caption).

We also noticed a badge of the Manipur People’s Army (MPA) and the United National Liberation Front (UNLF) on the uniform of one of the armed personnel. These insignia further confirm that the video is from Manipur, not Arunachal Pradesh.

We also found several social media posts (here, here) by regional news channels featuring the same visuals. The posts stated that mothers and elderly women from the forest met a member of the UNLF (Pambei faction)–MPA who had returned from Kainaram (English translation of the original Manipuri caption).

To verify the second clip showing security personnel and civilians gathered in large numbers, we conducted a reverse image search using keyframes from the viral video. This led us to an Instagram post uploaded by a man named Sushil Saini on 05 July 2026. According to the post, the video was recorded at Baltal in Jammu and Kashmir, the main base camp for the Amarnath Yatra. The caption further states that the crowd had gathered for instant registration for the Amarnath Yatra.

The Aaj Tak Fact Check team contacted Sushil Saini for further details. He confirmed that the video was indeed recorded at Baltal and was filmed by his friend, Harshit. Sushil, a resident of Delhi, told Aaj Tak that the video was shot on 04 July 2026, when he and his friends had gone on the Amarnath Yatra.

To sum up, unrelated videos from Manipur and the Amarnath Yatra are falsely shared as showing Indian civilians confronting Chinese Army personnel attempting to enter Arunachal Pradesh, India.