“The viral video shows a tea vendor pouring boiling hot tea on a boy.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 8 Jan 2026.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The video is scripted content created by a digital creator. The original clip was posted by a Instagram account booster_bhai, which regularly shares similar staged videos featuring the same individuals.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 8 January 2026. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 9 January 2026, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/reels/DTNtltYkiYY/
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