Overview
- A video circulated online this week shows a group calling themselves “British patriots” confronting a 27-year-old identified as Pravna Bhatt in the United Kingdom over claims he tried to meet someone he believed was 14.
- In the footage Bhatt appears to admit sending sexually explicit messages and a masturbatory video, asks the girl to 'sneak' into his room, and pleads with the confrontors not to call police.
- Multiple outlets report Bhatt told the group he moved to the UK on a student visa and later stayed on a post-study work visa after graduating from the University of Leeds.
- News organisations caution that the clip has not been independently verified and that reports do not confirm whether the account he messaged belonged to an actual minor or a decoy profile.
- The confrontation has renewed public debate about vigilante stings, online child protection tactics and scrutiny of temporary visa holders following similar viral cases earlier this year.