The claim
Video of a man carrying his son’s dead body on a motorcycle in Tirupati, following the stampede that occurred on the night of 08 January 2025.
Original review summary
The video is not connected to the Tirupati stampede of 08 January 2025; it dates to an incident at Tirupati’s SVR Ruia Government General Hospital on 26 April 2022. The review says the boy’s father carried his body on a relative’s two-wheeler after ambulance operators allegedly demanded a high price and prevented another ambulance from entering the hospital.[S1]
Additional context
The boy, identified in the review as 10-year-old Jeseva, had been receiving treatment for kidney and liver ailments and died in the late hours of 25 April 2022. [S1]
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Sources and attribution
- [S1] FACTLY original review
Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026
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