Indian mountaineer Baljit Kaur is not dead
A social media post is claiming that Indian mountaineer Baljit Kaur died while descending the Annapurna mountain.
By Sunanda Naik Published on 23 April 2023 5:18 PM IST
Hyderabad: A social media post is claiming that Indian mountaineer Baljit Kaur died while descending the Annapurna mountain.
Who is Baljeet Kaur?
āThe 27-year-old woman from Himachal Pradesh has scripted history by becoming the only Indian mountaineer to scale four 8,000-metre peaks in less than a month. The four mountain peaks she has climbed include Mt. Everest (May 22), Mt. Annapurna (April 28), Mt. Kanchenjunga (May 12), and Mt. Lhotse (May 23),ā according to She the People.
Baljeet Kaur belongs to Plasta Panjrol village near Solan in Himachal Pradesh. She went missing on 18 April 2023 above Camp IV while she was descending Mt. Annapurna as she scaled the peak without using supplemental oxygen. Amid the missing reports, netizens declared her dead.
Fact Check
NewsMeter found the post to be false.
Through a simple keyword search, we found a media report by The Times of India that confirmed that Baljeet Kaur has been rescued after she went missing near Camp IV of Mt. Annapurna. āThis news brought happiness to all those who were cheering for her; it was assumed by many that she might not be able to make it after news of her missing surfaced,ā it said.
For further confirmation, we searched for similar reports and found the same on India Today and The Hindu.
