Fact Check: Tirupati stampede victim’s father couldn’t afford ambulance trip? No, video is from 2022
A video of a man carrying the body of a child on a bike has gone viral as the helplessness of victims of the Tirupati stampede who couldn’t afford an ambulance trip from the hospital.By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 9 Jan 2025 4:58 PM IST
Claim Review:The video shows a child who lost his life in the recent Tirupati stampede, and the father, unable to afford an ambulance, had to carry his body on the pillion seat of a bike.
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Fact:The claim is false. While the claim about the ambulance is true, the video is from 2022 when the child lost his life undergoing treatment at Tirupati’s RUIA hospital.
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