A viral video showing people looting chickens from an overturned truck is doing the rounds on social media. People claim that the incident occurred in Punjab with the driver left crying on the road.
A Facebook user posted the viral video with a caption: ਸੇਬਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਹੁਣ ਮੁਰਗੀਆਂ ਦਾ ਭਰਿਆ ਟਰੱਕ ਲੁੱਟ ਲੈ ਗਏ ਲੋਕ ਫ਼ਿਰ ਰੋਂਦਾ ਰਹਿ ਗਿਆ ਡਰਾਈਵਰ #appletruck #Hen #chicken #trucks #people #loot #Punjab #PunjabiNews #Jagbani #Truck #murgi
(English translation: After the apples, now people robbed the truck full of chickens, the driver was left crying again #appletruck #Hen #chicken #trucks #people #loot #Punjab #PunjabiNews #Jagbani #Truck #murgi)
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FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the viral video, and found it to be misleading.
Running a Reverse Image Search of the video keyframes, we identified a tweet on the handle of Hindustan UP-Bihar — a local media outlet from Uttar Pradesh, dated January 1, 2023.
The video in the tweet matches exactly with the viral clip and the description informs that the incident happened in Maharajganj, UP, when a truck full of chickens overturned due to dense fog.
Another tweet by a local news outlet — Lucknow Khabar — dated January 2, 2023, informs that the video is from the Kolhui constituency in Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh.
Another article, published on Live Hindustan — one of India’s many Hindi News websites, dated January 1, 2023, and titled: घने कोहरे के कारण मुर्गे से भरी पिकअप पलटी, लूटने के लिए बोरी लेकर पहुंचे ग्रामीण, informs that due to dense fog, a truck carrying chicken overturned, and Villagers arrived with sacks to rob.
The article corroborates the claim that the incident happened in Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh. We could not find any credible article verifying the place to be Punjab.
Therefore, we can conclusively say that the viral video’s claim is misleading.
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