Amity University student ‘Madhav Chaudhary’ is not dead

A post is being shared widely on social media with a claim that Madhav Chaudhary, one of the Amity University students beaten up during a fight between the two groups at the Amity University (Noida) on August 28^th, has died in ICU. Let’s try to check the claim made in the post.

The archived version of the post can be found here.

Claim: Madhav Chaudhary, an Amity University student who was beaten up in a college fight, has died in ICU.
Fact: Madhav Chaudhary is not dead. The Noida police has confirmed that he has been discharged from the hospital and is fine. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.

When searched about the issue on Google, it was found that the Noida Police have already posted about the issue on their official Twitter handle. In the tweet, Noida SP Vineet Jaiswal (IPS) mentions that Harsh and Madhav, who were beaten up in a fight between the students at Amity University, are fine and were also discharged from the hospital. He also condemns the fake news being spread about students being in ICU and Madhav’s death. More about the issue can be read here.

एमिटी यूनिवर्सिटी में हुई मारपीट के संबंध में Ps-सेक्टर 39 में दोनों पक्षों की तरफ से FIR पंजीकृत है,पूरे प्रकरण की शीघ्रता से निष्पक्ष जांच कर साक्ष्य के आधार पर दोषियों के विरुद्ध कानूनी कार्यवाही करने हेतु I.O को निर्देशित किया है
उक्त संबंध में @spcitynoida द्वारा दी गई बाइट pic.twitter.com/WwtkG2wNkh
— NOIDA POLICE (@noidapolice) September 4, 2019

Also, an interview of Madhav Chaudhary by a web channel (‘Dilli Tak’) was found to be uploaded on YouTube yesterday i.e. on Sept 04.