Baba Ramdev Died in Car Accident on Pune-Mumbai Highway: Hoax

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Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev Died in Car Accident at Pune-Mumbai Highway

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1. Yoga Guru Ramdev Baba Killed in Road Accident

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Picture Suggesting Baba Ramdev Died in Car Accident on Pune-Mumbai Highway — Baba Ramdev Died in Car Accident on Pune-Mumbai Highway

Analysis:

Certain messages shared heavily on social media sites and elsewhere online purport to show that Indian Yoga Guru and Patanjali Chief Baba Ramdev has died in a car accident on Pune-Mumbai Highway. The stories went viral on free messaging service WhatsApp, and also carried a set of 3 pictures suggesting to show the accident scene, which allegedly involved four others along with Baba Ramdev. Although the picture showing Baba Ramdev on a hospital stretcher in an Ambulance is real, the accident and the death claims are nothing but hoaxes.

In late April 2017 several messages circulating with the pictures suggested that Baba Ramdev and four others have been involved in a car crash while travelling from Pune to Mumbai. It is also said that Baba Ramdev did not survive, and that his death has created a sense of panic among his followers. The claims aside, the first picture in question dates back to June 2011 when Baba Ramdev was actually carried on a stretcher into an Ambulance to shift him to a hospital. It was after his condition deteriorated during his fast in Haridwar demanding government action against corruption and black money. The other two pictures showing a brutally crashed car are however recent ones from April 2017, of a road accident in Bihar, in which a member of Zila Parishad was killed. You can see, the vehicle’s number plate clearly indicates BR (Bihar). After the pictures and death stories of Baba Ramdev spread like wildfire on social media, the Yoga Guru rubbished his death rumors with a message on his Twitter account:

Took yog shivir of thousands of yogis in Haridwar today. I am safe and healthy. Don’t believe on any rumours pic.twitter.com/6P2KlUXw8l

— Swami Ramdev (@yogrishiramdev) April 25, 2017