An old video of Kanpur’s railway station platform turning into a tomb is going viral recently. Read- Fact Check

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A picture is getting viral on social media platforms. It can be seen that a Platform in Kanpur’s railway station turns into a tomb. Social media users are mocking Indian Railway Station on how did they build a platform on the tomb?

By sharing this picture a user captioned: “ Indian Railway is also limited, how did they build a platform on the tomb?”

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Meanwhile, many other social media users are sharing a similar claim.

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Fact Check: 

To know the reality of the viral claim the team of DFRAC did a reverse image search and found the image source. The team found the report on the official Youtube channel of News Nation which was uploaded on 8 Dec 2017. the heading states: “ Truth behind  the viral video which suggests Kanpur’s railway station platform number  turns into majar.”

Source: newsnation

The report further gives detailed information about the Kanpur railway platform tomb.

  1. The platform was in platform no 3 and states- “ Hazrat Sayyid Line Shah Baba Majar No. 3. Plate Form. Please pay special attention to cleanliness
  1. A vendor is selling the things used for the tomb.

On further searches, the team found that Dailymotion has also covered this report on different timelines.

Source: Dailymotion

Conclusion:

It is clear from the fact check of DFRAC that the viral picture is from 2017. Therefore the claim made by social media users is Misleading.