“A message from Vishwajit Mukherjee (Senior Investigation Officer, Ministry of Home Affairs) against the use of Chinese firecrackers”
Social media posts
Claim dated 12 Nov 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The same message is being shared on social media at least since 2017. No such notice was found to be issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs. The same has been clarified by the Press Information of Bureau (PIB) that the MHA has not issued any such notice
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 12 November 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 12 November 2020. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
Links recorded by FACTLY. Some posts may have been deleted since.
This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.