“Video shows a massive crowd at the funeral procession of Mukhtar Ansari.”
What FACTLY found
The viral video depicts the funeral procession of Sufi scholar and Sunni Muslim leader Murshid Shah Saqlain Miyan that took place in Bareilly in October 2023. However, according to reports, a large number of people gathered outside Ansari’s house and at the burial ground in Ghazipur during Mukhtar Ansari’s funeral procession, where he was laid to rest on 30 March 2023
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 31 March 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 2 April 2024, 2 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
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