Fact Check: Fake news of the death of comedian Surender Sharma has gone viral. Know the reality

A piece of news is going viral on the internet that Comedian Surender Sharma passes away. Users on social media are expressing their tribute by sharing different posts. Meanwhile, a Facebook user KANAK LATA shared a post with the caption, “Comedian Surinder Sharma Died: Another sad news has come out from the Punjabi entertainment world. The famous comedian, poet, and writer of the Punjabi industry, Surinder Sharma is no longer in this world. There is a wave of mourning in the entire Punjabi industry with the news of Surinder Sharma’s death. Till now the cause of his death is not clear. Surinder Sharma has worked in many Punjabi films and comedy shows, he was a well-known name in the Punjabi entertainment world.”

(“Comedian Surinder Sharma Died: पंजाबी मनोरंजन जगत से एक और दुखद खबर सामने आई है. पंजाबी इंडस्ट्री के मशहूर कॉमेडियन, कवि और लेखक सुरिंदर शर्मा (Surinder Sharma) अब इस दुनिया में नहीं रहे. सुरिंदर शर्मा के निधन की खबर से पूरी पंजाबी इंडस्ट्री में शोक की लहर है. अब तक उनकी मौत का कारण स्पष्ट नहीं हो पाया है. सुरिंदर शर्मा कई पंजाबी फिल्मों और कॉमेडी शोज में काम किया है, वह पंजाबी मनोरंजन जगत का जाना-माना नाम थे.”)

Similarly, many other users have shared this news.

Factcheck

On our fact check analysis, we got a video of Surinder Sharma on his verified Facebook page. In the video he himself refutes all the rumors about his death.

Conslusion

Hence, the news that Comedian Surender Sharma passes away is false. Actually, another Punjabi comedian Surinder Sharma has died.

DFRAC Editor

Digital Forensics, Research and Analytics Centre (DFRAC) is a non-partisan and independent media organisation which focuses on fact-checking and identifying hate speech. With the popularisation of the internet came the challenge of information overload and often times, our feeds are overpopulated with conflicting, incendiary and false information which is increasingly becoming difficult to ignore and not believe in

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