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by linking unrelated scenes 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela To give wrong information about upcoming Delhi assembly electionsHere’s a quick recap of some of the most viral misinformation we’ve debunked this week.
1. False claim of Muslim man caught urinating on Kumbh poster in Rae Bareli goes viral
A video showing a man being beaten on the streets went viral with communal claims stating thatMuslimman peed on aAquariusin the posterRaebareliUttar Pradesh.
The archive of the post can be found Here,
However, the claim is false. Rae Bareli Police clarified on its X page that the name of the person seen in the video is Vinod and he is not from the Muslim community.
You can read our fact-checking Here,
2. The person who called for boycott of Reliance termed the founder of Patanjali wrong
In a clip a person is urging people to avoid buying goods from Reliance and Baba RamdevPatanjaliInDelhiIt has gone viral on social media, where users claimed that the man was the ‘owner of Himalaya Company’.
The archive of the post can be found Here,
However, the person has been misidentified.
We found that the person seen in the viral video is Bhanu Pratap Singh, a Delhi-based lawyer who had given this speech at a protest in support of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in January 2020.
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3. Image Shows Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán in Kochi, Not Prayagraj Maha Kumbh Mela
A photo showing Hungary’s Prime Minister VictororbanThe claim is going viral on social media that he recently visitedbigKumbh Melahappening inPrayagrajUttar Pradesh.
An archive can be viewed Here,
However, the claim is false. This photo shows Orbán in January 2025, not in Uttar Pradesh but in Kochi.
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4. This viral video of Canadian MP Chandra Arya speaking in Kannada is old
a video of canadian MP Chandra Arya is being broadcast claiming that it shows him speaking Kannada After announcing that he would run for the post of Prime Minister of the country.
This claim was shared by journalists from organizations such as TV9 Network And business today,
The archive of the post can be found Here,
Is it true?:no, it is claimedmisleadingThe viral speech is from May 2022, when Arya spoke in Kannada (his mother tongue)canadian parliament,
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5. AI-generated pictures of Salman Khan visiting Saif Ali Khan in the hospital go viral
After knife attack on actorsaif ali khanin hismumbaiIn the house by an intruder, a set of images showing him in a hospital bed and the actorSalman KhanPeople sitting next to him are being shared to claim that this shows that he had come to visit them in the hospital.
However, these images were created using artificial intelligence.
The images were created using AI.
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