Did Pilot Abhinandan Varthman's wife file for divorce?? Find the truth here
A video showing a woman dancing to a Bollywood song has been shared by a pak-based handle on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) with the claim that the lady in the shared video is Abhinandan Varthman’s wife who has filed for divorce stating that she does not want to remain with a man who was humiliated by the pak air force
A pak-account named PSYWAR Bureau, better known for spreading misinformation against India, posted this video on X and wrote: “A video has surfaced, reportedly showing the wife of #Indian pilot and #Pakistan’s prisoner of war, Abhinandan Varthaman, performing an unethical dance in front of high-ranking generals and their spouses.
Additionally, reports indicate that Abhinandan’s wife has also filed for divorce, stating she does not want to remain with a man who was humiliated by the Pakistan Air Force”
Fact-Check
To check the veracity of the above-shared claim, the DFRAC team conducted a keyword search on Google and found that no media reports have been published in support of the above claim.
Moreover, we noted that the lady dancing in the above-shared video is not Indian pilot’s wife.
In our further probe, we came across a tweet from 2019 available on the X handle of the Ministry of Defence, Government of India showing some images after the pilot’s release when the Ex-defence minister visited the hospital to meet the released pilot and interacted with his family including his wife Tanvi Marwaha & a child.
Conclusion
It is evident from Dfrac’s fact-check that the claim made with the shared video is completely misleading as no reports of filing for divorce by the pilot’s wife have surfaced online and the lady in the video doesn’t match with pictures of Abhinandan’s wife from the tweet.
Analysis: misleading
