A horrific video has surfaced on the internet in which a man can be seen attempting suicide and it has been claimed that he is an employee of the LIC and he tried to kill himself as he was upset with the government’s decision of selling its stake.
The caption of the video in Hindi read: “नरेन्द्र मोदी के LIC कंपनी बेचने के निर्णय से
नाखुश होकर गुजरात के सूरत शहर में
कर्मचारी की LIVE खुदकशी।।”
(Translation: Unhappy over Narendra Modi’s decision to sell LIC company, a worker in Surat city of Gujarat committing suicide live)
नरेन्द्र मोदी के LIC कंपनी बेचने के निर्णय से
नाखुश होकर गुजरात के सूरत शहर में
कर्मचारी की LIVE खुदकशी।। 👇👇 pic.twitter.com/RHhktIqzks— Pardeep Kumar (@Pardeep34443259) February 4, 2020
नरेन्द्र मोदी के LIC कंपनी बेचने के निर्णय से
नाखुश होकर गुजरात के सूरत शहर में
कर्मचारी की LIVE खुदकशी।। 👇👇 #AgendaDelhi#Delhi#शाहीनबाग_जीतेगा_मोदी_हारेगा pic.twitter.com/fhVCFXi0dC— ALOK|بہت کم موریہ (@ALOKdelhi6) February 3, 2020
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FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above post and we found the claims attached to the video are FAKE.
On putting the keyframes of the video through Reverse Image Search, we came across several news reports with the screengrab of the same video.
A report by Tamil WedDunia suggested that the incident took place in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai where a soldier attempted to commit suicide following the death of his wife.
On digging further we found another report by The Times of India dated January 8th, 2020 confirmed that the incident took place on January 07th, 2020.
Meanwhile, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in Budget her speech on February 01st 2020, proposed to sell a part of the government’s stake in LIC.
In conclusion, the above information proves that first, the incident took place in Madurai NOT Surat and man’s suicide attempt is not related to selling of LIC, as the incident took place weeks before the announcement.
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