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The claim

The video shows an ice cream vendor being portrayed on a billboard as an IIMT alumnus who received a ₹1.8 crore package.

Rating

FALSE

Reviewed by FACTLY ↗ ·

Original fact check ↗

Original review summary

FACTLY reports that the video was a prank and that the ice cream vendor, Shailendra, was not the person pictured on the billboard. IIMT identified the alumnus as Puneet Gautam, a 2011 graduate who received a package in London with Salesforce.[S1]

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Sources and attribution

  1. [S1] FACTLY original review

    Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026