Bareilly's Saqlaini Mian's video goes viral as Mukhtar Ansari's funeral, read fact-check
A video is being shared on social media. A huge crowd can be seen in it.
Users claim that this video is of the funeral of former MLA Mukhtar Ansari.
Sharing the video, users are writing, “ The crowd is saying…the funeral is of some celebrity…goodbye Sher-e-Purvanchal, a gathering of 4 lakhs.” (Translated into English)
Other users are also sharing the video with the caption, “ The crowd is saying…the funeral is of some celebrity…goodbye Sher-e-Purvanchal, a gathering of 4 lakhs. �� Namaz-e-Janaza of former MLA Mukhtar Ansari, large number of people participated #Mukhtar_Ansari Last picture of #MukhtarAnsari”(Translated into English)
Fact-check:
The DFRAC team watched the viral video carefully. On close inspection, a water mark named ‘iSAQLAINI’ is visible written in the video. Furthermore, we searched the keyword ‘iSAQLAINI’ and found a similar video on Instagram and YouTube.
This video was uploaded on YouTube on October 23, 2023 with the title, ‘Some Tarikhi Manazir (Scenes) of Hazrat Shah Saqlain Mian Huzoor’s Namaz-e-Janaza, Bareilly Sharif’.
The same scenes can be seen in another video as well.
It is noteworthy that the funeral procession of former MLA Mukhtar Ansari was not brought by car, whereas in the viral video it can be seen that the funeral procession is on the car.
