“A stockpile of illegal weapons including a light machine gun was seized from a Madarsa in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh”
Social media posts
Claim dated 8 Aug 2023.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING
What FACTLY found
Bijnor police arrested 6 clerics in 2019 for smuggling illegal weapons. However, the police did not report recovering a light machine gun. Also, the rest of the images posted are unrelated to the incident
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 8 August 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 17 August 2023, 9 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02BFxjPCNz9nsbpqe9vXJz6kYDcAkJsdiW…
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.