Fact Check: Men rode with a tiger on an elephant in Bihar? Know the truth here
A video of two men sitting on an elephant along with a tiger has gone viral as a spectacle from Bihar
By Sibahathulla Sakib Published on 26 Dec 2024 6:43 PM IST
Claim: The video shows people casually interacting with a tiger in Bihar.
Fact: The claim is false. The video shows a man-eating tiger killed by forest guards in the Ramnagar division of Uttarakhand.
Hyderabad: Recently, incidents such as the theft of a 60-foot-long bridge and reports of stolen train engines in Bihar have captured national attention.
A video of two men and a tiger riding an elephant has gone viral with the claim that the incredible sight was also captured in Bihar.
An X user shared the video and wrote, āThis is Bihar, Babu! Here they apply turmeric even to flying birds! Such amazing sights can be seen only in Bihar. (translated from Hindi)ā (Archive)
Fact Check
NewsMeter found that the claim is false. The video is from Uttarakhand.
A keyword search led us to a similar video titled āManeater of Sunderkahlā published on YouTube on January 15, 2012. According to the description, the tiger in the video killed six people and terrorised the villagers. We found the exact video starting 10 seconds into the video.
Using this information, we also found a report from India Today titled, āCorbett: Forest guards gun down man-eater tigerā dated January 28, 2011.
As per the report, In Uttarakhandās Ramnagar division, forest officials have killed a male tiger from Corbett National Park that was allegedly responsible for six human fatalities.
Another report from Hindustan Times titled 'Tiger killed in Corbett' dated January 27, 2011, also reported the same details.
The report said that the forest officials shot a male tiger in the Ramnagar forest division following protests by villagers from Sunderkhal near Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR). The big cat was accused of killing a 27-year-old man. We found a similar report published in The Times of India.
Therefore, the claim that the video shows a casual interaction with a tiger in Bihar is false. The video actually shows an incident from Uttarakhand in 2011 involving the killing of a man-eating tiger.
