“Visuals of an army aspirant killing himself by standing in front of a running train, as he is ineligible for the post according to new recruitment rules under Agnipath scheme”
Social media posts
Claim dated 17 Jun 2022.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING
What FACTLY found
The man in the video is B. Sanjay Kumar (28), a native of Odisha, who was staying in Hyderabad. He was working in a hardware shop and was suffering from mental illness. On 21 November 2021, he went to Ramagundam Railway station and committed suicide by standing in front of a moving train
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 17 June 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 1 August 2022, 45 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
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