Remember Jhansi park's 'ghost exercise' video? Here's what actually happened

From the past few days, a viral video of outdoor gym equipment working on its own has gone viral on social media. 

The hair-raising clip, shot at an open gym in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi, shows two sets of outdoor gym equipment at the park swinging on its own. 

The machine goes around to move for almost 20 seconds in a spooky manner as a few cops standing around can be seen recording the eerie clip.

After carrying out the investigation, the police said that the equipment was over-greased by some miscreants as a result of which it was rocking on its own.

“There is no ghost, it’s a rumour,” Jhansi Police tweeted out, adding that some miscreants greased the machine and rocked it after which it kept moving on its own for a few seconds. The video was shot and shared on social media.  

“Once the swing was over greased, it kept shaking for a few seconds. Some miscreants made a video by rocking the swing and putting it on social media. We are looking for the culprit. There is no ghost, it’s all a rumour,” Jhansi Police’s tweet read.

इस झूले में अधिक ग्रीस लगे होने से एक बार हिला देने पर कुछ सेकंड तक हिलता रहता है।किसी शरारती तत्व ने झूला हिलाकर वीडियो बनाकर सोशल मीडिया पर डाल दिया है।पुलिस ने जाँच की और झूले को हिलाकर उसका वीडियो बनाया है।पुलिस शरारती तत्व को तलाश रही है।भूत की बात अफ़वाह है #FakeNewsAlert https://t.co/5uWjpJcvO8 pic.twitter.com/KiiwbyDVQ8

— Jhansi Police (@jhansipolice) June 13, 2020

तेजी से वायरल हो रहे वीडियो जिसमें झूला अपने आप झूलता हुआ दिखाई दे रहा है, सत्यता की जाँच @COCityjhansi द्वारा मौके पर जाकर की गयी तो झूले में अधिक ग्रीस लगे होने से एक बार हिला देने पर कुछ समय तक हिलता रहता है। आप सभी से अपील है कि भूत आदि होने की अफ़वाह न फैलाएं #FakeNewsAlert pic.twitter.com/kvqpQCMCSv

— Jhansi Police (@jhansipolice) June 13, 2020

Rahul Srivastav, a top police official in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, posted the video on his Twitter handle on Friday and wrote, “Fitness freak ghost?” 

Fitness freak ghost @jhansipolice got a tip off about an open gym being used by ghosts!Team laid seige & soon found t real ghosts-Some mischievous person made video of moving swing & shared on #socialmedia. Miscreants will b hosted in a ‘haunted’ lockup soon #NoHostForGhost pic.twitter.com/JUaYt4IJMS

— RAHUL SRIVASTAV (@upcoprahul) June 12, 2020

The video was going viral on WhatsApp claiming that the footage was from Rohini park, Delhi.