Fact Check: Viral Video of Police Van Set on Fire Is Not Linked to Recent Sunsari Clashes; Footage Is From 2025 Gen-Z Movement

Kathmandu. As communal tensions between two communities in Dewanganj, Sunsari, continue to draw public attention, a video showing a police van engulfed in flames has been widely circulated on social media with claims that it is linked to the ongoing unrest.

The TechPana Fact Check Desk conducted a detailed verification of a viral video circulating on social media that purportedly showed protesters setting a police van on fire amid recent tensions. The investigation found that the footage is not recent and has been shared in a misleading context.