A claim is going viral on social media stating Samajwadi Party’s star campaigner Suresh Thakur has been beaten to Death. Users on social media are fiercely sharing this claim.
Suresh Thakur has remained a star campaigner of the Samajwadi Party. He is often seen with Akhilesh Yadav during the elections. In fact, Suresh would dress similarly to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Moreover, he would also be recognized as Yogi Adityanath’s doppelganger.
Akhilesh Yadav, President of Samajwadi Party posted a collage on Twitter and wrote: “The incident of lynching of Suresh Thakur, who made a distinct identity for himself as a SP campaigner, is extremely heart-wrenching. There is an appeal to the government to ensure proper action against the culprits at the earliest. Heartfelt tribute”.
Not only this, but Manoj Singh KaKa, spokesperson of SP party, also posted one of the pictures from Akhilesh Yadav’s collage along with the same caption.
Moreover, several media houses such as Indiatv and ZeeNews published news with similar claims.
Fact-Check
To verify the authenticity of the above viral claims, the Dfrac team searched some keywords related to the viral claims on Google. Meanwhile, we discovered a video and a press note posted on August 11, 2023 by Unnao Police , refuting the above viral claims and stating the fact that Suresh Thakur has died due to a heart attack.
In addition to that, Newspaper Website Amar ujala published news on August 12, 2023 with the headline: “UP: SP leader Suresh Thakur, who dressed like CM Yogi, died of heart attack, 13 days ago there was a fight. In this news, Amar Ujala stated: “Samajwadi Party’s National President and close to the former Chief Minister and the campaigner of the party died on Thursday late evening due to cardiac arrest. The wife of the deceased has alleged that 13 days ago, he died due to injuries in a fight with two youths of the village itself. The post mortem report confirmed death due to cardiac arrest. The SP District President consoled the family members and made them talk to the Former Chief Minister over the phone”.
Moreover, another newspaper website ‘Dainik Jagran’ also published a news article on August 11, 2023 with the headline: “Unnao: Former Chief Minister Akhilesh’s star campaigner Suresh died under suspicious circumstances, police engaged in investigation”. According to Jagran, “ASP Shasishekhar Singh has denied knowledge of the incident. Station in-charge Awadhesh Kumar told that there was only an argument after which he was fine. Died suddenly in the afternoon due to chest pain. There is a possibility of heart attack. The police have said to take action against the culprits on the basis of the post mortem report”.
Conclusion
Dfrac’s Fact-Check has proved that SP Campaigner Suresh Thakur has died due to heart attack as Unnao Police has refuted the above viral claim on Twitter. Therefore, the claim of social media users and other news websites including Akhilesh Yadav and Manoj Singh Kakka is misleading.
