Fact Check: Grieving woman sleeps at mother’s grave for three days? No, father rubbishes viral claim
A video is going viral with the claim that a young woman, grieving her mother’s death, has been sleeping at the grave for three days.
By - K Sherly Sharon
Claim:The video shows a young woman in grief sleeping at her mother’s grave for three days.
Fact:The claim is false. The father of the young woman confirmed to NewsMeter that her mother is not dead, and that she was sitting in the graveyard due to mental distress.
Hyderabad: A video of a burkha-clad woman sitting on a grave has gone viral. Those sharing the video claim it shows a young woman sleeping at her mother’s grave for the past three days, grieving her passing.
Sharing the viral video on X, user @ChotaNewsApp wrote, “In a kabristan (graveyard) in Karimnagar district, a young woman, unable to cope with her mother’s death, has been sleeping by her grave for the past three days, creating a sensation. The young woman has fallen into severe depression, and her continuous attachment to the grave day and night without distinction is causing fear and anxiety among locals and family members. Humanitarians are urging the SHE Teams, Sakhi Team, and Women’s Welfare official.” (Translated from Telugu) (Archive)
A post making the same claim can be seen here, here and here. (Archive 1, Archive 2, Archive 3)
Several news organisations have also shared the viral video with the same claim. You can find reports here: News18 Telugu (Archive), Sakshi (Archive), The Siasat Daily (Archive), Samayam (Archive), Tejas News (Archive).
Fact Check
NewsMeter found that the viral claim is false. The father of the young woman confirmed that her mother is not dead, and she was sitting in the graveyard because she was mentally disturbed.
What is the location of the video?
We noticed that the video shows a gate. Writings on the wall near the gate state that the place is Gate No. 6 of Samaran Masjid. Through an online search, we found that the Samaran Masjid is in Karimnagar in Telangana.
We contacted Arshad Ali, the Joint Secretary of the Samaran Masjid Managing Committee. Samaran Masjid Managing Committee also oversees the graveyard from the viral video. He said that the mother of the woman in the video is not dead.
“The young woman was mentally disturbed, which is why she came to the graveyard and sat here. We have also informed her family members, who took her home. Someone filmed this incident and shared it with false information,” Arshad Ali told NewsMeter.
Are the parents of the woman dead?
We also contacted Jamiat Ulama Karimnagar vice president Mohammad Mudassir Ur Rahman Tabreez, who told us that both parents of the woman are alive.
“Her parents are alive. It is not true that she slept on her mother’s grave for three days. Her mother is not dead. The woman was mentally disturbed; she went inside the graveyard and sat there in despair. The claim that she sat there for three days is false.”
The father of the woman in the viral video, choosing not to be named, told NewsMeter, “The woman in the video is my daughter. She was depressed after failing her B.Tech exam. She was upset and went to sit in the graveyard. Her mother is alive and well; the viral claim is completely false.”
Therefore, NewsMeter concludes that the viral claim is false.
