Jhansi Police bust claims behind viral video of moving gym equipments

A video of outdoor gym equipment moving on their own had gone viral a few days ago that led people to assume that it could be a result of paranormal activity With people sharing the video on social media calling it a lsquowork of ghostsrsquo it has become a topic of chatter as some netizens joked about it and some raised their concerns on itThen Jhansi Police took to Twitter to educate the people about the exercise machines operating on its own without anyone around and giving a scientific explanation that may leave you in splitsThe caption of the video translated from Hindi said that someone added an excessive amount of grease on the equipment that gave it a nudge causing it to move on its own for a few seconds They also said that a miscreant may have shot a video of the lubricated equipment and post on social media The officers investigating the claims made by the video also tried the same and recorded a video of it In the end the police said not to pay attention to videos that make such fake claims FakeNewsAlert httpstco5uWjpJcvO8 pictwittercomKiiwbyDVQ8mdash Jhansi Police jhansipolice June 13 2020The additional superintendent of UP Police Rahul Shrivastav also tweeted calling that the people behind the viral video the lsquoreal ghostsrsquo and saying that they will be placed in a lsquohauntedrsquo lockupin which they were seen standing in a park near the exercise equipment and investigating the phenomenon ldquojhansipolice got a tip off about an open gym being used by ghosts Team laid seige amp soon found t real ghostsSome mischievous person made video of moving swing amp shared on socialmediardquoFitness freak ghost jhansipolice got a tip off about an open gym being used by ghostsTeam laid seige amp soon found t real ghostsSome mischievous person made video of moving swing amp shared on socialmedia Miscreants will b hosted in a lsquohauntedrsquo lockup soon NoHostForGhost pictwittercomJUaYt4IJMSmdash RAHUL SRIVASTAV upcoprahul June 12 2020The video posted by the UP Police additional superintendent on Friday garnered more than 102300 views with over 2200 likes and was retweeted 742 likes on Twitter The Twitterati posted hilarious and witty reactions to the post along with some lauding the police department for busting the claim of the fake video Some users also wondered how did people believe it to be the work of ghostsHeres how the Twitterati respondedGood Workjhansipolicemdash Sameer KHAN_JOIN_TWITS June 13 2020Thank you Sir clear kar diya baat ko else I would have continued thinking about it mdash ashuleo Hindu Proud and Blessed ashuleo3 June 13 2020Thank you Sir clear kar diya baat ko else I would have continued thinking about it mdash ashuleo Hindu Proud and Blessed ashuleo3 June 13 2020Protein supplement is a mustmdash Abhishek Dey abhishekdey04 June 12 2020Sir ji its youth creativity Dont kill there creativity by pulling them in lock up Instead ask the youths to do something for police department mdash manish srivastava manishfoodtechs June 13 2020I hope some peranormal reaserchers will see flying orbs in Videomdash A D Golwalkar A_D_G13 June 12 2020Para Normal Where r the bustersmdash SalaamNamastee June 13 2020Good job done Appreciablemdash Manoj Kumar manojkrsongara June 13 2020As always the answer will come from sciencemdash rlmlrmlrmlrm nitinkumarm2 June 12 2020We humans have sent robots to Mars and they are working autonomously over there now for years Is it hard to figure out the source of this motion Crsquomon folksmdash Jagjit Singh _jaggicheema June 13 2020I think that it is periodic motion like pendulum Once started it takes some time to settle down Someone disturbed it from equillibrium position and then made a video That is why the video is shortmdash akshay tyagi Akshayshankey June 13 2020What do you think about the postCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest news