Fact Check: Reality of the image which got viral as Uttarkashi bus accident.

On 5^th June, a very tragic accident took place in Uttarkashi where at least 25 pilgrims from Penna, Madhya Pradesh died. After the tragedy, social media was flooded with many pictures of the accident. Meanwhile, an image of a bus accident is getting viral on the internet. Sharing the image social media users are claiming that, 25 pilgrims from Madhya Pradesh died in a bus accident.

Further, sharing the picture, a social media user Sanjay Satyaedra Pathak wrote,” the death of 25 pilgrims from our neighboring district of Panna in Madhya Pradesh on pilgrimage to Chardham in Uttarakhand after the bus going to Yamunotri Dham fell into the gorge. May God give peace to the departed souls. Om Shanti Santi!”

Similarly, another user Abhilash Pandey wrote, “The death of the pilgrims on the pilgrimage to Chardham in Uttarakhand after the bus going to Yamunotri Dham fell into the gorge. May God give peace to the departed souls.”

Many users have shared this picture on their social media handle with the similar claim

हमारे #मध्यप्रदेश के #पन्ना जिले के 25 #तीर्थयात्रियों की #उत्तराखंड में #चारधाम की तीर्थयात्रा पर #यमुनोत्री धाम जा रही बस के खाई में गिरने से तीर्थयात्रियों का निधन बेहद दुखद,पीड़ाजनक है। ईश्वर दिवंगत आत्माओं को शांति दे। ॐ शांति शांति…@INCIndia @digvijaya_28 @JVSinghINC pic.twitter.com/5wXcDnJwGQ

— सुधीर कोरी (@Sudhirshakyainc) June 5, 2022

Fact Check

On reverse image search of the viral picture, we found the same image in an article by Amar Ujala dated 14^th February 2022. The article was about Himachal: HRTC bus rolled into a ditch nd stopped after hitting eight trees.

Furthermore, we found the viral picture on the website of newshindi.

Conclusion

Hence, the viral picture is not of the accident where 25 pilgrims from Madhya Pradesh died . Therefore, from our fact check analysis it is clear that users are sharing this picture with a misleading claim.