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“A train travelling between Chhapra and Anand Vihar railway station had met with an accident on 12 June 2021”
Social media posts Claim dated 12 Jun 2021.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

The images shared in the post are related to the 2018 fire accident in the Andhra Pradesh Superfast Express train. This fire accident took place at Birlanagar railway station in the Gwalior district of Madhya Pradesh. The accident happened due to an issue in an air-conditioning unit. Also, no such train accident happened recently in between the Chhapra and Anand Vihar route

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 12 June 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 23 June 2021, 11 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

Where the claim appeared

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