Sadhus of Varanasi are not kidnapping the kids to sell their kidneys – Read Fact Check

A video of approximately 2 minutes is getting viral on social media sites where some sadhus can be seen. In the video, a background sound can be heard which is narrating the whole incident the crux states that there were 28 sadhus wearing saffron clothes who kidnap the kids and sell their kidneys from Banaras, birapatti village. All these sadhus are now under arrest and will be sent to jail for further process. Many other pages that shared the same video were also mentioned in the same video.

Sharing the same video, a user on Twitter writes, “28 Sadhus Caught Red Handed Selling Children’s Kidneys @Uppolice What’s going on in Uttar Pradesh who will answer this Sometimes Barabanki and sometimes Varanasi from everywhere Children are being stolen, their kidneys are removed K body being thrown into the woods https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1YqKD.”

Fact Check:

While investigating this viral video we checked the comment section of the tweet and found a comment by Varanasi Rural Police, which straight away denied the viral claim and on their official Twitter account  and writes, “The video, which is going viral on certain social media platforms, is misleadingly said to be related to child theft by sadhus in Varanasi rural. Byte of the Superintendent of Police #Varanasirural regarding the refutation of the above misleading video. @Uppolice @UPPViralCheck.”

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Along with this, the truth behind the viral video is also provided by the Varanasi police it states that, on 01.09.2022, all the sadhus were brought to the police station and interrogated after the villagers suspected the sadhus of asking for alms by roaming in the village Indrawar of Baragaon area. All their names and addresses were verified from their place of residence during interrogation and no criminal history was found from them.

Conclusion:

The viral claim is misleading as the sadhus do not have any criminal records.

Claim Review: Sadhus of Varanasi are kidnapping the kids to sell their kidneys.

Claimed by: social media users.

Fact Check: misleading