Viral video: beggar posing as paralysed bolts when shown large animal syringe

A video is being widely watched on social media. According to the video, a man used to beg from people by claiming to be a paralysis patient. Some people doubted his claim and devised a way to expose him.

The video shows the man lying on his stomach on the ground. He holds a plate for people to put money in, keeps his body as though it had no movement at all, and wears a look of helplessness. He had covered both his legs with a cloth.

A man then comes up and begins asking him about his illness. He asks when the condition began, whether he had seen a doctor and whether he had got treatment. While answering, the beggar starts to get entangled. He cannot think what to say next and begins to brush the questioner off. The man standing nearby with a camera grows suspicious of his behaviour, and the video takes an amusing turn from here.

After a while the same man returns. He takes out of his pocket a large injection, of the kind normally given to animals such as horses and bulls. He tells the beggar to take the injection and his illness will be cured. The beggar is stunned for a moment. Seeing the heavy injection, he does not know what to do. As soon as the man with the injection steps forward, the beggar springs to his feet and runs off at a gallop.

It has been said that some people had already caught his lie. They did not think it right to confront him directly without proof, so they tried this method.

Users cannot stop laughing at the video. One user wrote that the treatment had definitely worked. Another wrote that one moment he was lying on the ground and the next he was running faster than a train. Another user commented that the medicine did its job well.