“Video of Puneeth Raj Kumar collapsing due to cardiac arrest”
What FACTLY found
The man in the viral video is not Puneeth Rajkumar. It is related to an incident which happened in August 2021 in Bengaluru. Multiple news agencies reported the same video back then. The same viral video was also attributed to actor Sidharth Shukla when he died of cardiac arrest. As of now, no official video has been released related to Puneeth Rajkumar’s demise
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 30 October 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 1 November 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=393211052537739
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.