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Did a Bangladeshi man choke to death from hot rasgulla while celebrating ISRO's failure to contact Vikram lander?
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India Today Fact Check
It is a fictitious story, not reported by any credible media. Also, the blog site falsely uses “India Today” logo.
This bizarre claim was published by a Bengali blog https://indiatodaydailynews.blogspot.com/ using an India Today logo on September 7, 2019, a day after ISRO lost contact with the lander sent to Moon as part of Mission Chandrayaan 2.
The viral story says that after ISRO lost contact with Vikram, a Bangladeshi man named Rejawul Sheikh was so happy with India’s failure that he wanted to celebrate with a friend. But the man choked to death on the way to hospital after consuming a hot rasgulla, a popular Indian syrupy sweet.
The truth
India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found this to be a fictitious story and warns readers to be cautious about this website which publishes stories in the name of India Today.
AFWA had earlier debunked this claim in Bengali . The picture of the bearded man in the story is at least nine years old; it first appeared in a blog in 2010. Also, this incident could not be found in any credible mainstream media in Bangladesh.
This Internet story has gone viral on social media. More than 5,300 users shared this story from a Facebook page called Khilli Baaz.
Several other Facebook pages such as BJP West Bengal and Sourav Ganguli
Fan page of the former Indian cricketer) have also posted this story. Facebook page Starc Ric made this claim in English.
Old image used in claim
By simple reverse search on the image of the man in the viral post, we found that it first appeared in a blog published in 2010. The blog was written by a foreigner about his experience in Bangladesh.
We looked for an incident where a man choked to death over rasgulla but found no credible mainstream media in Bangladesh that reported it.
India Today logo misused
An India Today logo has been used by the Bengali website which published this fictitious story.
Interestingly, the Bengali blog site uses the domain, whereas the URL of the India Today website is https://www.indiatoday.in/.
This blog site does not feature in the list of publications mentioned by India Today on its website.
The About Us section of the Bengali blog site says it has been launched recently.
Fact check website Alt News too did a story on this dubious website impersonating India Today.
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