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The claim

The viral video shows the retrieval of the body of a nine-year-old girl who was raped and murdered by her uncle, identified as a man named Mohammed Akram.

Original publisher’s rating

FALSE

Reviewed by FACTLY ↗ ·

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Original review summary

FACTLY reports that the man accused in the incident was Vidya Sagar Yadav, not Mohammed Akram. It says Deoria Police confirmed that no person named Akram, or any Muslim individual, was involved.[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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