“A vegetable vendor in Varanasi hired bouncers to protect tomatoes from getting stolen”
Social media posts
Claim dated 9 Jul 2023.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING
What FACTLY found
The person in this photo is Ajay Fauji, who, as per reports, is a Samajwadi Party worker. He hired bouncers to stage a protest against the rising prices of tomatoes. PTI covered Ajay’s story and later retracted it by saying they did not properly check the motives of Ajay behind giving them this information
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 9 July 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 12 July 2023, 3 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/CuezrXXBHcp/?img_index=1
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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.