The woman doing a traditional dance in this video is not Sriganganagar District Collector Rukmani Riar (IAS) - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
March 30, 2022
A video of a woman dancing with a pot on her head is being shared widely on social media with a claim that she is Sriganganagar District Collector Rukmani Riar (IAS). Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: The woman doing a cultural dance in the video is Sriganganagar District Collector Rukmani Riar (IAS).
Fact: The woman dancing in the video is not Rukmani Riar (IAS). She has clarified the same to multiple news agencies. Also, the facial features of the woman in the video and Rukmani Riar do not match. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When the screenshots of the video were run through Google Reverse Image Search, many similar videos were found on social media. It is an old video, and the old posts do not have any similar claims. They were just shared with the description that they show Rajasthani dance. Some of those old posts can be seen here, here, and here. Rukmani Riar (IAS) recently took charge as Sriganganagar District Collector. The facial features of the woman in the video and Rukmani Riar do not match.
Also, talking to several media agencies, Rukmani Riar has clarified that she is not the one who is dancing in the video.
To sum it up, the woman doing a traditional dance in the posted video is not Sriganganagar District Collector Rukmani Riar (IAS).