Checked elsewhere / BBC Hindi

“A claim is being spread on social media in the name of the BBC that thousands of people died during demonetisation and it was not reported. But the claims are false. BBC has not published any report stating that the number of deaths due to the note ban was in thousands.”
Social media posts Claim dated 15 Mar 2019.
BBC Hindi rated thisFalse

In short

This claim spread on social media around 15 March 2019. BBC Hindi (India) looked into it and published its finding on 17 March 2019, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.

This check was done by BBC Hindi, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.