“This video of a woman allegedly crying over a lost necklace is unrelated to Maha Kumbh Mela 2025”
Social media posts
Claim dated 20 Jan 2025.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
This incident did not happen during the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela. The video belongs to an older incident that happened in Uttar Pradesh’s Hardoi on 14 December 2024
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 20 January 2025. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 23 January 2025, 3 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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