Vijai and her son Kanhaiya Sharma
A picture of a mother-son is going viral on X with the claim that the mother, Jyoti Pathak, married her own son, Vikas Pandey, after the death of her husband.
National Muslim wrote, “Look Hindus, Vikas Pathak married his mother Jyoti Pathak and made her his wife! And you defame Muslims in the name of Halal.” (Archived link)
Mishkat Fatima wrote, “Vikas Pathak married his biological mother Jyoti Pathak, the case has come to light from Bihar.” (Archived link)
Voice of Muslim handle asserted, “Vikas Pathak married his mother Jyoti Pathak and made her his wife… Repost this tweet to send it to those blind followers who make false statements on Halala.” (Archived link)
Azam Khan parody account wrote, “Vikas Pathak married his mother Jyoti Pathak and made her his wife… Spread this news to blind devotees.” (Archived link)
Handle Tiger Yadav wrote, “Sanatan Dharma’s Hindu Vikas Pathak married his own mother, Jyoti Pathak. Blind devotees, first look at Sanatan Dharma—fathers are marrying their daughters, brothers are marrying their sisters, and mothers are marrying their sons, yet you are defaming Muslims. This shows that you are not a true man.” (Archived link)
User Rizwan Haider wrote, “Hello @swetasamadhiya Vikas Pathak married his own mother Jyoti Pathak and made her his wife. If this is the beauty of religion then nothing can happen to you people!” (Archived link)
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In our fact-check research, we first ran a relevant keyword search using “Mother Jyoti Pathak married her son Vikas Pandey” but found that no such news exists.
Further, we conducted a reverse image search of the mother-son picture and discovered that the story is entirely different and has nothing to do with a mother marrying her own son. According to Gulf News, where we found the same picture of the mother and her son, their names are Vijai and Kanhaiya Sharma, not Jyoti Pathak and Vikas Pandey.
Vijai, who was living in a village in the Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh with her husband and two children, was convicted of killing a neighbor’s child, who was found dead in October 1989. However, she denied committing the crime.
When she was convicted of murder, she was pregnant with her third child, Kanhaiya Sharma, who is seen in the viral video on X. Vijai was sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to Lucknow’s Adarsh Nari Bandi Niketan women’s prison. After four months, she gave birth to Kanhaiya and raised him in prison.
Later in 1994, Vijai’s husband, Kanti Prasad, appealed to the Allahabad High Court and sought bail, which was granted in 1994 on the condition that he provide a personal bond of Rs 5,000 and two sureties who would pay the sum if he defaulted on the payment. However, Kanti Prasad couldn’t afford it, and Vijai continued her imprisonment.
After Kanhaiya turned 18, who had been raised in a juvenile home, contacted a lawyer, Arvind Kumar Singh, from Allahabad, who agreed to fight his mother’s case. Taking into account that Vijai had already been granted bail in 1994, the court ordered that she be released immediately.
Conclusion: The picture of the mother and her son going viral with the claim that they married each other is false. The picture is actually of Vijai, who was convicted of murder in 1989 and was released after 20 years when her son, Kanhaiya Sharma, appealed for her bail.
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