A video circulating online says that the Indian army performed a bottle cap challenge with a military tank.

This claim has been debunked by several fact-checking organisations. The Indian Army did not perform the bottle cap challenge.

This claim has been debunked by several fact-checking organisations. The Indian Army did not perform the bottle cap challenge. News18 in their debunking of the same claim, says that the claim was originated through social media. The video is originally from Ukraine, but not by Indian security forces. It been the subject of several fack checks and debunks.

The video goes viral on social media as a canon of a tank moves to remove the cap from a bottle performed by the Indian army on 20 July 2019. However, according to the Quint fact-check enquiry, there is no evidence of Indian army performing the military tank bottle cap challenge.

It has also been fack checked by the Indian Express.

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