“The viral video shows a Muslim youth named Wahid committing suicide during the 2025 Kanwar Yatra by jumping under a Kanwariyas’ truck.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 22 Jul 2025.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING
What FACTLY found
The video is from 2017, not 2025. It shows an incident in Saharanpur’s Lahaswara where a man named Wahid jumped under a truck during the Kanwar Yatra. The video resurfaced in 2022 and was clarified as old by both Saharanpur and Uttar Pradesh Police.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 22 July 2025. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 23 July 2025, 1 day later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/reel/752811380828343
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