ISLAMABAD: The Indian media’s false reporting on the recent Pahalgam incident in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) has once again been exposed as the man earlier reported as an Indian naval officer and killed in the incident has been confirmed to be alive.
The couple, wrongly identified as victims, appeared on social media with a video statement, debunking the Indian media’s misinformation. This blunder has raised serious questions about the credibility and fact-checking standards of Indian media.
Indian media had circulated old photographs of the couple, falsely claiming the man was a naval officer who had been killed in the Pahalgam attack.
The incident, which took place in the Pahalgam area of IIOJK, involved gunmen opening fire on visitors, resulting in the deaths of at least 26 people and injuries to 17 others.
The people who were declared de@d in the Pahalgam attack by the Indian media to garner TRP & spread h@tred are alive
By spreading lies, fake news & hatred they are fuelling communal tension Between Hindu-Muslim & manipulating public opinion for ratings#PahalgamTerroristAttack pic.twitter.com/6O5k2tbT9e
— Razia Masood رضــــیہ (@Razia_Masood) April 24, 2025
Content creators Ashish Sehrawat and Yashika Sharma confirmed they were the individuals shown in the video, which had been recorded during their trip on 14 April.
“We are alive. We have no idea why our photos are being shown on news channels,” said Yashika, a flight attendant, in the video.
She added that their families were initially thrown into panic after seeing the viral footage, fearing the couple had been caught in the attack.
“We urge everyone to report these fake posts,” she added.
Ashish, who works for Indian Railways, stated that they uploaded the video on 22 April but later removed it after facing backlash from the public and their followers online.
Defence experts have remarked that if this couple has turned out to be alive, others might also be misreported, suggesting that the episode could be part of a broader narrative manufactured by India’s intelligence agency, RAW, which is slowly being exposed.
On Wednesday, India shut borders, downgraded diplomatic ties and, in an unprecedented move, unilaterally announced the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) of 1960 over what the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government and media claimed — without offering any evidence — was Islamabad’s alleged support for cross-border terrorism.
Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Thursday challenged India to present credible and verifiable evidence before the international community of Pakistan’s alleged involvement in Tuesday’s Pahalgam incident.
