No, Viral Video Does Not Show Huge Crowd Gathered For Asad Ahmad's Funeral
By Srijit Das A video of a funeral procession is being shared with a false claim that it shows a huge crowd gathered for last rites of gangster Atiq Ahmad's son Asad, who was killed in a police encounter. BOOM found that the video shows the funeral procession of Maulana Rabey Hasani Nadwi in Lucknow on April 13 this year. Uttar Pradesh police's Special Task Force (STF) officers on Thursday killed gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad's son Asad and his aide Ghulam in an exchange of fire. Asad and Ghulam, both, were in the wanted list for their alleged involvement in the Umesh Pal murder case. ...