Fact Check: Video of train wheel traveling 250 km on axle goes viral, investigation turns out to be misleading claim

New Delhi: For the last two days, a video is being shared widely on social media. In which it is being claimed that a young man has risked his/her life and traveled a distance of 250 kilometers by sitting on the axle of a train wheel. However, when this claim was investigated, it turned out to be completely false.

What are the claims of the users?

While sharing this video on social media, an ex-user named @IndianTechGuide wrote that a person was covering a distance of about 250 kilometers by hiding under the compartment of Itarsi-Jabalpur Danapur Express. On December 24, railway employees discovered him/her during a routine inspection.

Another X user named @DelhiDialogues6 has also shared this video with the same claim. Let us tell you that along with these two users, many media houses also shared this video with the same claim on social media.

What is the truth of the viral video?

When Sajjag’s team started investigating the viral video, this video was posted from many X handles.

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However, when the news reports related to this matter were started to be scrutinized, presswire18 Times A report was received. In which it was told that the Railways has rejected the claims being made on social media.

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After that Sajjag’s team started investigating the railway’s ax handle. After some time, a tweet from @WesternRly was received. In which it was said that the person who is seen sitting on the axle of the wheel is mentally disabled and the claim that he/she has traveled 250 kilometers sitting here is also completely baseless. The wheel set of the train moves continuously and no one can sit on it. The claim being made in the video is completely misleading and baseless.
conclusion: The claim of traveling 250 kilometers on a wheel set being made on social media is misleading. No one can do this in the investigation of Sajjag.