Old video is being shared as recent visuals of Raja Singh having food inside the Cherlapalli jail - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
August 29, 2022
A video is being shared on social media claiming it as recent visuals of Goshamahal MLA T. Raja Singh from Telangana having food inside the Cherlapalli jail in Hyderabad. In the wake of Raja Singh being arrested under the PD Act and sent to the Cherlapalli jail as a remand prisoner by the Telangana police, this video is going viral on social media. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video showing the recent visuals of Goshamahal MLA Raja Singh having food inside the Cherlapalli jail in Telangana.
Fact: The video shared in the post is circulating on social media at least since August 2021. Several Facebook users shared the video describing it as visuals of Raja Singh having breakfast inside the Nampally court in Hyderabad. The Cherlapalli Jail authorities have issued a press note and clarified that the viral video was not shot inside the premises of Cherlapalli jail. Hence, the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
On reverse image search of the screenshots of the video, a video with similar visuals was found posted by a social media user recently on Facebook. This Facebook user mentioned it as an old video of MLA Raja Singh having breakfast inside the Nampally court in Hyderabad. A few other users have also shared this video recently with a similar description.
When we searched for further details using these keywords, we found that several social media users have posted this video in August 2021. A few of those posts can be seen here, here and here. Sharing the video, these users mentioned that Goshamahal MLA Raja Singh was attending the court four days a week from morning to evening because of the alleged false cases filed by the ruling government in Telangana.
On 28 August 2022, the Cherlapalli jail authorities issued a press note regarding this viral clip circulating on social media. Cherlapalli jail authorities in the press note clarified that the viral video was not shot inside the Cherlapalli jail and informed that Raj Singh is being provided facilities as per jail rules amid tight security.
To sum it up, an old video is being shared as recent visuals of Raja Singh eating food inside the Cherlapalli jail.