“The video shows a child pulling out his mother’s drowned body from the 2025 floods in Punjab.”
What FACTLY found
The video does not show a real incident of a child pulling out his mother’s drowned body during the 2025 Punjab floods. It is a scripted video created by Instagram content creator Aarti Gangwar from Jahanabad, Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh. She also clarified in another video that she is alive and that her content is being circulated with fake claims.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 8 September 2025. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 9 September 2025, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.