What is the claim of users?
An X user @pawankharb1881 shared the video and wrote-Footage of some youths identified a little distance away from the stampede in Yayagraj Mahakumbh area! Those who were shouting slogans of Akhilesh Yadav Jindabad! The administration should take quick cognizance and ensure action!
At the same time, a user named @BJP4Bandabjp shared this video and wrote, ‘Why these goons who were shouting slogans of Akhilesh Yadav Zindabad were allowed to go to Mahakumbh? UP government should investigate, these goons were involved in Mahakumbh stampede and such slogans were included in the stampede. Who allowed them to apply?
What is the truth of viral video?
When the team’s team took out the keys of the video to know the truth of the viral video and checked it through a reverse image, then many other social media posts were found.
However, a screenshot is also going viral on social media amidst all this. In which it can be clearly seen that this video was posted by a user named Virendra Yadav Yadav on January 27, while the stampede in Mahakumbh took place on 29 January.
After that, the team’s team got the Facebook page of Virendra Yadav Yadav. On which one Reel video Thi belongs to Mahakumbh and was posted on 27 January. After that, when the viral video was found on the Instagram account of Chhora Yadav Ka 7777, we contacted the user.
After which Pradeep Yadav said that the viral video was recorded on the morning of 27 January. Pradeep shared a screenshot of his/her mobile as evidence, according to which the viral video was recorded on January 27 at 5.23 minutes.
conclusion: Akhilesh Yadav’s claim to create a stampede on social media after the slogan of Zindabad turned out to be misleading. The viral video in the investigation came out of 40 hours before the stampede. Some users are sharing this video with misleading claims.
