Did Amitabh Bachchan Lend a Hand to Carry His Help’s Body?

The Bollywood actor posted the viral image on his blog on 8 June.

CLAIM

A viral image on social media claims that Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan, along with son Abhishek Bachchan, was seen carrying his domestic help’s body who allegedly passed away Wednesday, 27 June.

The claim, along with an image, says that the Bachchan’s domestic help had been working with the family for past 40 years.

Servant who worked for 40years in Amitabh's house passed away yesterday. His body is carried by both Amitabh& Abhishek ...money isn't everthing...few people stand for human values.🙏 @PawanKalyan @SrBachchan @vinayk1111 @RaRavanam @KeerthyOfficial @Ramdaschandaka pic.twitter.com/2rw5UGiZLT

— త్యాడ రామకృష్ణారావు( 'బాలు') విజయనగరం (@netinayakudu) June 26, 2019

Several social media users have shared the image on Twitter and Facebook with a similar narrative.

Human Values of life
A Servant who worked for 40years in Amitabh's house passed away yesterday. His body is carried by both #Amitabh and #Abhishek money isn't everthing... few people stand for human values.🙏 #Rip

Cc @SrBachchan @juniorbachchan pic.twitter.com/SezrB7datj

— Jignesh Parmar 🇮🇳 (@imjigu) June 26, 2019

Servant who worked for 40 years in Amitabh's house passed away. His body is carried by both Amitabh & Abhishek ...Money isn't everthing...few people stand for human values.

Posted by Shahzada Siddiqui on Tuesday, June 25, 2019

TRUE OR FALSE?

The claim being shared with the viral image is false. Amitabh Bachchan posted the image of him and Abhishek lending a hand to carry someone’s body on his blog on 8 June. He mentioned here that the body was of Sheetal Jain, his secretary and manager.

WHAT WE FOUND OUT

We reverse-searched the image on Yandex and it led us to several posts that suggested that the Bollywood actor was carrying Sheetal Jain’s body.

Amitabh Bachchan posted the viral image on his personal blog and stated that his manager and secretary passed away on 8 June, who was associated with the actor for the past 40 years. The Quint had earlier reported about Sheetal’s death.

MEDIA OUTLETS GOT IT WRONG

Media organisations such as The Economic Times and Times Now reported the same false narrative as that of the viral post on social media.

An archived version of the aforementioned articles can be seen here and here.

Several Bollywood celebrities took to Twitter to express their condolences.

Saddened to know about the demise of producer Shri #SheetalJain ji. Knew him for a long time as Mr. @SrBachchan‘s secretary. He was a very dignified and an extremely polite gentleman. May God give his family the strength to deal with this loss.🙏 #OmShanti pic.twitter.com/dsNXbp8yp3

— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPKher) June 8, 2019

Sad to know demise of Sheetal Jain ji. He was a very humble, soft spoken and gracious person. Film industry will miss him. My condolences to his family and friends. #OmShanti.🙏 https://t.co/ysVIHzeIwT

— Madhur Bhandarkar (@imbhandarkar) June 8, 2019

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