Claim: A recent video that depicts a rescue team being swept away in floodwaters during the elephant rescue.
Fact-check: 2021 video of ODRAF team swept away during the elephant rescue in Mahanadi River shared as a recent one - FACTLY
Verdict: the video shared in the post shows a 2021 incident that took place near the mundali barrage in the cuttack district of odisha. during an attempt to rescue an elephant stuck in the floodwaters of the mahanadi river, a boat of the odisha disaster rapid action force  overturned and capsized due to the strong current in the river. a journalist of a local odisha news channel and a member of odraf lost their lives in this tragic accident. the video does not show the latest accident. hence, the claim made in the post is misleading.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Dilip Kumar Sripada
Date published: 2023-08-24T10:52:59