A video is being shared on social media claiming it as visuals from the funeral procession of Asad Ahmed, son of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed, who was encountered by the Uttar Pradesh Police in Jhansi on 13 April 2023. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video from the funeral procession of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed’s son Asad Ahmed.
Fact: The video shared in the post shows the visuals from the funeral procession of Hazrat Maulana Syed Muhammad Rabey Hasani Nadwi, the President of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB). AIMPLB President Maulana Rabey Hasni Nadwi died on 13 April 2023 due to a prolonged illness . The video does not show the funeral procession visuals of gangster Atiq Ahmed’s son Asad Ahmed. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
On reverse image search of the screenshots in the video, videos with similar visuals were found recently posted by a few users on YouTube. They can be seen here and here. These users published these videos mentioning them as visuals from the funeral prayers of Hazrat Maulana Sayyid Muhammad Rabey Hasani Nadwi, the President of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB).
When we searched for further sources using relevant keywords on the internet, we found videos showing similar visuals on ‘SahilOnlineTvnews’ and Mufti Badar official YouTube channels. These YouTube channels confirmed it is the visuals from the funeral procession of AIMPLB President Maulana Sayyid Muhammad Rabey Hasani Nadwi in Lucknow.
AIMPLB President Maulana Sayyid Muhammad Rabey Hasani Nadwi passed away on 13 April 2023 due to a prolonged illness. Many news websites published articles reporting the death news of AIMPLB president Maulana Rabey Hasni Nadwi.
The visuals from the funeral procession of Atiq Ahmed’s son Asad Ahmed can be seen here and here. From all these pieces of evidence, it can be concluded that the video shared in the post shows the funeral procession of AIMPLB President Maulana Sayyid Muhammad Rabey Hasani Nadwi, not Asad Ahmed who died in an encounter by UP Police. He was accused in the Umesh Pal murder case.
To sum it up, the funeral procession of AIMPLB President Maulana Sayyid Muhammad Rabey Hasani Nadwi passed off as the funeral procession of Atiq Ahmed’s son Asad Ahmed.
