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SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 2025
Netizens troll India’s UP as 'Nigeria' after Kangana said pics of floating bodies are from Nigeria

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17 May, 2021, 05:15 pm
Last modified: 17 May, 2021, 05:26 pm

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Netizens troll India’s UP as 'Nigeria' after Kangana said pics of floating bodies are from Nigeria

A couple of days ago, Kangana Ranaut claimed that the photos doing the rounds on social media of bodies floating in a river are from Nigeria

TBS Report
17 May, 2021, 05:15 pm
Last modified: 17 May, 2021, 05:26 pm
Kangana Ranaut. Photo: Collected
Kangana Ranaut. Photo: Collected

Follwoing her being banned from Twitter, Indian actress Kangana Ranaut is using Instagram to voice her opinions. While she thinks that she won't last long on the photo-sharing platform, she is still managing to make headlines through her posts. 

Bodies found floating in Ganga in India's UP day after Bihar horror

A couple of days ago, Kangana Ranaut claimed that the photos doing the rounds on social media of bodies floating in a river are from Nigeria, reports the India Times.

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Several reports on the other hand claim the photos are from Ganga in several districts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. It is also suspected that the bodies could be of Covid-19 patients who have passed away.

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According to Padma Shri Kangana Ranaut, these folks are Nigerians.

Yes, they speak Hindi in Nigeria, I get that. https://t.co/gQ8oFHOyx9— Aman Malik (@PatrakaarPopat) May 15, 2021

As her video is going viral on social media, people have been calling Uttar Pradesh as Nigeria. 

 

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