“A photo of a missing girl named Sonal Patel found at Bareilly railway station.”
What FACTLY found
The girl in the photo is not Sonal Patel. The child in the photo is Avani Jain who was lost at Nagpur railway station platform in 2016 when she was traveling with her family from Nagpur to Bhopal. The child was found within 20 minutes after being lost and was safely reunited with her family. The then Indian Railway Minister, Suresh Prabhu, had also tweeted about the child’s reunion with her family
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 16 March 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 22 March 2024, 6 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid035jSUhapfz68coqGiuebEYqHtqVhhLSzf…
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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.