Fact Check: YouTuber Armaan Malik is a Hindu, allegation of love jihad because of two Hindu wives 

YouTuber Armaan Malik is in the headlines these days. His two wives Payal and Kritika are pregnant. Everyone from the media and social media is sharing this news. At the same time, a claim is getting viral about Armaan Malik, in which social media users are accusing him of love jihad by calling him a Muslim and mocking on his wives. 

A user captioned: “ This YouTuber is Armaan Malik who has 2 million subscribers on youtube. Sharing photos of his two wives Payal Malik and Kritika Malik on social media, he said that both his wives are pregnant. Leaving issues like Love Jihad, and Kokh Jihad aside is a Hindu girl”

Source: Twitter

Meanwhile, another user captioned: “ U-Tuber Armaan Malik is not telling that both his wives Payal and Kritika are pregnant. Rather Armaan Malik spitting on the face of us Hindus. #Armaan Malik”

Source: Twitter

Another user shared “Shameful” and captioned: “ This YouTuber is Armaan Malik who has 2 million subscribers on youtube. Sharing pictures of his two wives Payal Malik and Kritika Malik on social media, he said that both his wives are pregnant. Both Hindu wives what could be more embarrassing than”

Meanwhile, many other social media users are sharing a similar tweet

Source: Twitter

Fact Check:

To analyze the reality of Armaan Malik’s reference to being a Muslim. The DFRAC team did a simple search on Google, we found a report published on the website of ‘Aaj Tak‘. Armaan Malik’s name has also been mentioned in this report as Sandeep. According to the report, “A man climbed on the roof of a hotel in Delhi’s Hari Nagar area and started threatening to commit suicide. The name of the person is Sandeep alias, Armaan Malik. In a video, Armaan Malik said, “My wife Payal and her family filed a rape case against me.” 

Source: AajTak

At the same time, this incident has also been covered by Navbharat Times. According to this report, Armaan Malik’s name is Sandeep. 

Source: Navbharattimes

Apart from this, according to the report of hindi.oneindia.com, Armaan Malik is not a Muslim but a Hindu. The report states, “Now all the fans are guessing that Armaan Malik comes from a Muslim family, so he married twice. But that is not the case, Armaan Malik is a Hindu and his real name is Sandeep. Fans always considered Armaan a Muslim because of his dress. ”

Conclusion:

It is clear from the fact check of DFRAC that Armaan Malik is not a Muslim but a Hindu and his real name is Sandeep. He married both his wives according to Hindu rituals. Therefore, the claim of social media users that Armaan Malik is a Muslim is wrong.