“The viral video shows a monkey jumping on Union Home Minister Amit Shah as he exits a building surrounded by officials.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 2 Jul 2025.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
This is a AI-generated video. It was digitally altered using visuals from 2019 when Amit Shah visited the Home Ministry. No such incident of a monkey attacking Amit Shah occurred.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 2 July 2025. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 4 July 2025, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/reel/1250434979427742
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