New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- The Indian Army has strongly refuted media reports claiming that a drunken soldier rammed his car into a crowd, injuring multiple civilians in Maharashtra's Nagpur district. Calling the coverage "false and misleading," the Army issued a clarification on Tuesday, August 5, urging media platforms to verify facts before sensationalising incidents.

The now-debunked incident was widely reported on August 4 under headlines such as 'Drunk Army Officer Rams Car Into 30 People In Nagpur, Thrashed By Locals.' The Army has confirmed that the version circulating in some media outlets misrepresents what took place.

In its statement, the Army identified the individual involved as Havildar Harsh Pal Mahadev Waghmare, a resident of...