“These visuals show a KBC contestant losing 6.5 crores due to his andh bhakti”
Social media posts
Claim dated 4 Sep 2023.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
This is digitally morphed footage; the original clip shows a contestant named Shashwat Goel giving the wrong answer to the 7.5 Crore question. This question is not related to the Mahakal Lok, as claimed in the viral post, but it was about the motto of a British Army unit
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 4 September 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 7 September 2023, 3 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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