“A video is going viral on social media with claims that a Pakistani Colonel has accepted the death of 200 militants in Balakot. But the claims are factually incorrect. In our research, we found that the Pakistani Army officer in the video does not accept the death of 200 militants in the Balakot attack.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 13 Mar 2019.
BBC Hindi rated thisFalse
In short
This claim spread on social media around 13 March 2019. BBC Hindi (India) looked into it and published its finding on 15 March 2019, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
Links recorded by BBC Hindi. Some posts may have been deleted since.
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.