Fact-Check: Video of Man Taking Bath in Milk Is From Turkey, Not Kerala!

This incident dates back to 2020 and led to the dairy factory being closed.

Fact-Check: This video is from Turkey and took place in 2020. 

(Source: Altered by The Quint) 

A video of a man bathing in milk is being shared as one from Kerala with a communal spin.

What is the claim?: Those sharing wrote that the video shows a Muslim man from Kerala taking bath in the milk that is sold to Hindus.

An archive of the post can be found here. 

(Source: X/Screenshot) 

This post recorded 244.3K views at the time of writing this story. (Archives of similar claims can be found here and here.)

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Did this happen in Kerala?: No, the claim is false.

• The video originates from Konya in Turkey and shows a man who identified as Emre Sayar. The incident took place at a dairy plant in 2020.

How did we find out?: At first, we divided the video into screenshots and ran a Google reverse image search on some of them.

• We came across a story by one Tupănese portal which noted that the video was from Turkey. The story also included screengrabs of the viral video.

• To verify this, we ran a relevant keyword search using "man bathes in milk turkey" and came across multiple reports from 2020.

• Hurriyet Daily News reported on 6 November 2020 that a man was spotted taking a bath in milk at a dairy factory in Konya, Turkey.

• The report included the same video as the viral video. We matched a few frames and found similarities.

Here is a comparison between the two. 

(Source: Altered by The Quint) 

• The report noted that the footage went viral on TikTok. The man in the tub was identified as Emre Sayar, who was an employee at the dairy factory.

• Another employee, Uğur Turgut shared the footage. Both had been arrested.

• The report also mentioned that officials fined the dairy plant and closed it down due to the risk it posed to human health.

• The company claimed that this was done to "defame" them, reported Hurriyet.

• Additionally, the Indian Express and NDTV also reported on this viral video in 2020.

Conclusion: The video is being shared as one from Kerala with a false communal claim that it shows a Muslim man bathing in milk that is sold to Hindus.

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