Recently, a disturbing image surfaced on social media platforms showing a man lying surrounded by two dogs with an emotional claim that the man is from Gujarat who died on the road while taking care of abandoned dogs. 

A Twitter user shared the image with a caption saying, "This is a dead body of Mr. Pappu Shukla ji, a homeless man from Gujarat State (India) who took care of abandoned dogs for many years. He died yesterday and his beloved dogs surrounded and protected his body, refusing to leave his side.. May Pappu Shukla ji Rest In Peace."

The same caption is also being shared on Facebook with the same claim. 

The same image is viral on Facebook as well as Twitter with the same claim. 

The truth behind the claim 

In our investigation, we found this claim to be false. The man seen in the viral picture is not from Gujarat but from Yemen. 

With the help of a reverse image search, we found this image shared by some Twitter users. A similar story was tweeted by a verified user from Yemen, named Nadma Daswari. According to her, "Ismael Hadi, a homeless man from Ibb Yemen, fed stray dogs. This morning people found him dead with his dogs refusing to leave his side."

We then performed keyword search with name Ismael Hadi and same image was carried out in an article covered by Sagal news, a Somali media house.

In conclusion, the story of Ismael Hadi from Yemen has gone viral with a false claim that the man is Pappu Shukla from Gujarat.