“A picture of an army soldier sitting on a chair holding a gun in before a group of people gone viral with claim of being a fearless soldier before group of stonepelter. We found that the particular picture is from an old military operation in the valley and being shared in out of context.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 2 Aug 2019.
BBC Hindi rated thisMisleading
In short
This claim spread on social media around 2 August 2019. BBC Hindi (India) looked into it and published its finding on 4 August 2019, 2 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
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.