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The claim

A necklace of the woman seen in this video was stolen in the Maha Kumbh Mela 2025.

Original publisher’s rating

FALSE

Reviewed by FACTLY ↗ ·

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Original review summary

FACTLY traced the video to an incident in Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh, on 14 December 2024, not to the 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela. It reports that the woman later found her necklace at home.[S1]

Additional context

The review says the necklace went missing during a mass marriage ceremony and that the Kotwali city police registered a case to investigate. [S1]

On 15 December 2024, Hardoi police posted about the incident; the review says the woman explained that she found the necklace at home after returning from the event. [S1]

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Sources and attribution

  1. [S1] FACTLY original review

    Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026

Original review: FACTLY. Structured data compiled by Data Commons under CC BY 4.0. Publisher article content is subject to its own terms. Summaries and context are produced by PeakMetrics with AI assistance.

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