The mother of a young man – seen in a viral video pleading with Uttar Pradesh police to not confiscate an oxygen cylinder that some men under their escort are seen carting towards a van – passed away hours after the video was shot.

On its part, the Agra police has condemned the circulation of video and claimed that it was “fake news.”

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