Authors
Kushel HM is a mechanical engineer-turned-journalist, who loves all things football, tennis and films. He was with the news desk at the Hindustan Times, Mumbai, before joining Newschecker.
Claim
Crocodile wading through a flooded residential area in Chennai.
Fact
Video dates back to 2022 and is from Madhya Pradesh.
Amid the incessant heavy rain spells caused by cyclone Michaung in Chennai, a video of a crocodile wading through a flooded residential area has gone viral on social media. Newschecker found that the viral video actually dates back to August 2022, and shows an incident from Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri district.
Newschecker had debunked the claims on September 6, 2022 and July 12, 2023, claiming to show a crocodile wading through waterlogged streets in Ambala and Bengaluru respectively.Â
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Authors
Kushel HM is a mechanical engineer-turned-journalist, who loves all things football, tennis and films. He was with the news desk at the Hindustan Times, Mumbai, before joining Newschecker.
