Fact Check: False claim of drowning of a girl in Prayagraj Mahakumbh viral, video turned out to be done in Ghazipur

New Delhi: Many types of pictures and videos are going viral about the Mahakumbh in Prayagraj. Some of them are fake. Today we are going to tell you about one such video. Actually, the video of a child drowning in a river is going viral on social media. While sharing this video, it was claimed that a 5 -year -old girl drowned in Prayagraj Mahakumbh. However, the claim going viral on social media is false.

What is the claim of users?

On Instagram, a user named devsingh_lodhi44 shared the video and wrote-A 5-year-old girl drowned in front of people in Prayagraj.

What is the truth of viral video?

Many other posts came to light when the team’s team checked the video through reverse image to investigate the viral video. In which a post was on November 5 last year. In this post, it was claimed that a 4 -year -old girl died in the Ganges in Saidpur, Ghazipur. You should never be negligent.

It became clear from this post that the case of drowning of the girl is not of Mahakumbh. This video is from last year. After that, when a video of the drowning of a four -year -old girl was discovered on YouTube in Saidpur Ghazipur, a report of News 77 was found. In which it was told that a four -year -old girl died due to drowning while bathing in the Ganges river in Ghazipur.

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Along with this, a report of ABP News was also received. In which it was told that a 4 -year -old girl died due to drowning in the Ganges and it did not even know that even the parents who were drowning in the Ganges.

conclusion: The claim of the girl drowning in Mahakumbh is wrong. In the investigation of the alert, it was revealed that the viral video is from Ghazipur and is old. It is being shared with false claims.