Fact Check: Saffron clothes, Rudraksha rosary… Know the whole truth of this video of Asaduddin Owaisi

New Delhi: Mahakumbh 2025 fair is going on in Prayagraj. There is a flood of faith and devotion everywhere. Lakhs of devotees are reaching Prayagraj and earning virtue by taking a dip in Mother Ganga. But, along with this, a lot of fake news, AI generated videos and pictures are also spreading on social media. In a video shared on social media, it is being claimed that AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi reached Prayagraj Mahakumbh and took a dip in the river Ganga. In this video, Asaduddin Owaisi is seen wearing saffron clothes. There are also two Rudraksha beads around the neck. Some saints and sages are standing around him/her in the river Ganga and Owaisi is saluting Ganga with folded hands. The Vigilant team investigated this video and found that it is not a real video, but was created with Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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What is the claim on social media?

Share this video on X (Twitter) on Jan 17, 2025 Hindu Tanwala Yogesh Shared with the handle named. While sharing the video, it has been written with the handle, ‘Come Mahakumbh to wash away the sins of your descendants’. This post has been reposted by 26 people. See post-

What is the truth of this video?

To find out the truth of this video, first of all we searched the X handle of Asaduddin Owaisi. The Mahakumbh in Prayagraj started from 13 January 2025 and from this date till now no such video has been shared by Asaduddin Owaisi on his/her X handle. After this we searched this video on Google with related keywords, but no such news or information was found there either.

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Now we uploaded the screen shot of this video to AI detector decopy.ai. In the search results, this video was found to be 98.65 percent AI generated. It is clear that this video has been prepared through AI. See the result of AI detector-

conclusion

A video of AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi is being shared on social media claiming that he/she has reached the ongoing Mahakumbh Mela in Prayagraj. During investigation by the alert team, this video was found to be AI generated.