In the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack, which claimed 26 lives, including Indian Navy Lieutenant Vinay Narwal, a video of a couple dancing is doing the rounds on social media. Many users claim this is the last video of Lt. Narwal and his wife, before the attack.
A Facebook user posted the video with a caption: Last video of this couple before the death of Naval Officer Lieutenant Vinay Narwal ji.*😭😭#PahalgamAttack #follower #everyone @highlightHeart-wrenching 😭 😭 “I strongly condemn yesterday’s Phalgam attack on innocent tourists.”
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FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the claim and found it to be false.
A Reverse Image Search of the video keyframes detects an Instagram post by user Ashish Sehrawat. In the post, Sehrawat and his wife Yashika Sharma confirm that the video features them, not Lt. Vinay Narwal and his wife.
countering the disinformation, the couple said, “Hey guys, we are alive and wanted to address a recent video we posted that unfortunately sparked a lot of hatred, leading us to delete it.”
The couple clarified that their video had been misused by several social media pages and even news channels, which falsely claimed it to be the last video of the late Lt. Vinay Narwal and his wife. They expressed their condolences to the bereaved family and urged users to report any platforms misusing their video, calling the entire situation deeply disheartening.
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According to a report by Hindustan Times, the couple confirmed that the video was recorded on April 14 during their vacation in Kashmir, before the Pahalgam tragedy.
Thus, we can conclusively say that the video claiming to show Lt. Vinay Narwal’s last moments before the Pahalgam terror attack is Misleading.
