The reporter in the viral video isn’t Ravish Kumar but Kashmiri journalist Fayaz Bukhari.
A keyword search led us to NDTV’s bloopers reel from 2006, which was uploaded in June 2013, carrying the clip.
A comparison of Bukhari’s picture with the man in the video can be seen below, with the same haircut and face structure.
The Quint also reached to Bukhari, who confirmed that the he’s indeed the man in the video. He was covering a fedayeen attack on a Congress rally in May 2006 at Poloview, near the city centre in Srinagar, as a correspondent for NDTV.
He explained that he was rolling on the ground to escape firing.
“I was doing a live after the rally was over and no one knew that one more militant was alive and was hiding nearby. All of a sudden there was heavy firing and I was in open, without any cover,” he stated.
We also found the details of the attack in the archives of news agency Associated Press.
The report states that “Suspected Islamic militants hurled grenades and fired bullets into a crowd at a ruling Congress Party rally in India’s portion of Kashmir.”
Two policeman and three civilians had died, while three senior police officers including top-ranking Inspector General of Police K Rajendra Kumar had been wounded.
The visuals from the shooting can show camera persons crouching for cover, similar to the NDTV footage.
Evidently, Kashmiri journalist Fayaz Bukhari has been misidentified in the viral video, in an attempt to troll journalist Ravish Kumar.