By Oishani Bhattacharya

The late Indian Army Captain Anshuman Singh was recently awarded the Kirti Chakra posthumously. His wife, Smriti Singh, accompanied by her mother-in-law, received the award from President Droupadi Murmu on July 5.

Following the award, the late Captain’s parents spoke to the media. They alleged that Smriti had taken the gallantry medal and other memories of their son with her to her hometown. Under the current policy of the armed forces, if a soldier is married, then their spouse is listed as the ‘Next Of Kin’ (NOK), and not their parents. If they are martyred, the ex-gratia amount is given to the NOK, that is the spouse. Anshuman Singh’s father also asked for a review of this policy.

Now, a 17-second video of a woman is viral on social media which, users claim, shows Smriti Singh. In the video, the woman is seen posing in a saree with a Hindi song playing in the background. Social media users have criticised her for posting such a video against the backdrop of allegations levelled against her by her in-laws.

Facebook user Rakesh Yanduvanshi shared the clip on July 14 with a caption in Hindi that can be translated as: “A mother sacrificed her son for the country, and the wife of the martyred soldier is spreading beauty on Instagram with one crore rupees and the Shaurya Chakra. 😭🇮🇳🙏🏼 Some people were shedding tears for her”

Several other users on Facebook shared the same clip with the same caption.

Fact Check

We did a side-by-side comparison of a screengrab from the viral video and the image of Smriti Singh from the award ceremony, that was widely circulated. In it, one can clearly see that the two images do not show the same woman.

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