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“Video of a youth who fell into the Aharbal waterfall and lost his life in Jammu and Kashmir”
Social media posts Claim dated 25 Jul 2023.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

The video shared in the post shows a youth who drowned in the overflowing Arasinagundi waterfall in Udupi, Karnataka. While a man did lose his life after falling into the Aharbal waterfall recently in Kashmir, the video shared in the post show the visuals of another youth who was swept away near Arasinagundi waterfall in Karnataka

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 25 July 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 28 July 2023, 3 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

Where the claim appeared

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