Shah Rukh Khan visits Maha Kumbh Mela? No, video shows SRK’s Tirupati Temple visit in 2023
Claim: The video shows Shah Rukh Khan visiting Maha Kumbh Mela in UP to take a holy dip in the Ganges River.
Fact: The claim is false. The video shows SRK’s visit to Tirupati Temple before the release of his film Jawan in 2023.
Hyderabad: A video of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan exiting a temple with his daughter, Suhana Khan and his manager Pooja Dadlani is circulating on social media. The accompanying claim suggests that he visited the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, to take a holy dip in the Ganges River.
An Instagram account shared the video with the caption, “Shah Rukh Khan arrived at the Mahakumbh.” (Archive)
Fact Check
NewsMeter found that the claim is false. The video shows SRK visiting Sri Venkateshwara Swamy temple in Tirupati before the release of his film ‘Jawan’.
A reverse image search of the video’s keyframes directed us to the extended version published by NDTV on September 5, 2023, titled ‘Shah Rukh Khan, Nayanthara Visit Tirupati Ahead of Jawan’s Release.’
According to the channel, Shah Rukh Khan visited the Sri Venkateshwara Swamy temple in Tirupati to offer prayers ahead of the release of his upcoming film Jawan. Dressed in traditional attire, the actor was seen at the temple. His co-star Nayanthara, accompanied by her husband, Vignesh Shivan, also visited the temple. They can also be spotted in the viral video.
We also found the same visuals of his visit to the Tirupati Temple, published by The Indian Express, The Economic Times, The Tribune and News 9 Live on September 5, 2023. These media outlets reported that Shah Rukh Khan, accompanied by his family members and actress Nayanthara, visited the temple ahead of the release of his film Jawan.
According to reports from The Times of India and Hindustan Times of September 5, 2025, Shah Rukh Khan visited several temples to seek blessings ahead of the release of Jawan on September 7, 2025. During his visit to the Sri Venkateshwara Swamy Temple in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, the superstar was seen wearing a cream mundu, a short kurta and a matching stole with a golden border, as seen in the viral video.
Therefore, we conclude that the video is from 2023 and shows his visit to Tirupati Temple in Andhra Pradesh. The claim is false.
(This story was originally published by newsmeter.in, and republished by english.varthabharati.in as part of the Shakti Collective)
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Traffic fraud: Fake 'no-entry' sticker racket busted in Delhi, mastermind among 3 held
New Delhi (PTI): Police here have busted a crime syndicate involved in traffic fraud and extortion, arresting three people including the alleged mastermind who sold fake stickers to help commercial vehicles bypass no-entry restrictions, an official said on Saturday.
The police said they dismantled a third organised syndicate linked to traffic-related frauds, with the arrest of Rinku Rana alias Bhushan, his associate Sonu Sharma and Mukesh Kumar alias Pakodi, who was also connected to another extortion syndicate.
According to the police, Rinku Rana was running a well-organised network that facilitated the movement of commercial goods vehicles during restricted hours by selling fake 'marka' or stickers for Rs 2,000 to Rs 5,000 per vehicle every month. The stickers were falsely projected as authorisation to evade traffic challans.
During raids, the police recovered Rs 31 lakh in cash, property documents worth several crores of rupees, over 500 fake stickers and six mobile phones allegedly used to operate the syndicate.
The crackdown followed a complaint filed by a traffic police officer in April this year after a commercial vehicle tried to evade checking by producing a fake sticker claiming exemption from enforcement action.
Investigation revealed that social media groups were being used to coordinate the illegal movement of vehicles and alert drivers about traffic police checkpoints, police said.
"A parallel system was being run to cheat drivers and vehicle owners while undermining traffic enforcement. On the basis of evidence, provisions related to organised crime under the BNS were invoked," a senior police officer said.
Sonu Sharma, the police said, managed social media groups through which stickers were sold and real-time alerts were circulated regarding traffic police movement. He also acted as a link between Rana and drivers operating in the field.
In a related development, Mukesh Kumar alias Pakodi, an associate of Rajkumar alias Raju Meena, who was earlier arrested under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), was also apprehended.
Mukesh allegedly helped extort money from transporters and was involved in blackmailing traffic police personnel by recording enforcement actions, the police said.
Investigators alleged the syndicate led by Rajkumar deployed drivers to deliberately violate traffic rules and secretly record police officials during challans, later using manipulated videos to extort money under threat of false allegations.
The police said that in total, eight accused belonging to three different organised crime syndicates linked to traffic frauds and extortion have been arrested so far.
Further investigation is underway to trace the remaining members, conduct financial probes, and analyse digital evidence recovered during the raids, officials added.
