The video claiming the journalist was arrested was shared here on Facebook on February 11, 2022.
It shows India-based Washington Post columnist Rana Ayyub, a vocal critic of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), emerging from a building and getting into a car.
The Hindi-language caption of the post says, "What would the madam say now? Anti-Hindu hate-monger and rumour- spreader Rana Ayyub, who survives on foreign money in the name of journalism, has been arrested. The Enforcement Directorate attached 1.77 crores and accused her of money laundering."
The video and claim was also shared here, here, here and here on Facebook, as well as here and here on Twitter.
India's Directorate of Enforcement, which investigates money-laundering offences, did recently freeze 1.77 million rupees in Ayyub's bank accounts, over alleged irregularities related to funds she received to help Covid victims.
However, the claim that Ayyub was arrested is false.
A keyword search on YouTube found the same video in a report by the Indian news channel Republic Bharat posted on July 2, 2021.
Below is a screenshot comparison of the video being shared (L) and the one used in the news channel’s report...
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