“Amartya Sen was involved in gross irregularities and land grab during his tenure at visva-Bharati university in West Bengal”
Social media posts
Claim dated 24 Apr 2023.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING
What FACTLY found
Amartya Sen never held an official position at Visva-Bharati University, and the recent controversy between him and the university is related to a dispute over his ancestral property
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 24 April 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 2 May 2023, 8 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0vwaQ8vJCYKFurTcxNPDnf68e7NFCqoijTeEhb…
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