New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- The government recently fact-checked a viral video pertaining to Sonam Wangchuk's arrest, stating that the video showing Ladakh DGP Dr S D Singh claiming that the activist was arrested on the directions of the Indian Defence Minister without any evidence, as fake.

According to the Press Information Bureau's fact-check arm, the video was "digitally altered," and that the Ladakh DGP has made "no such statement."

The "digitally altered" video about Sonam Wangchuk's arrest, comes days after the activist was arrested following the deaths of four people in the violent Ladakh statehood protests.

Take a look at the video here:

Four people were killed and scores of others were injured on September 24 in clashes between p...