“An image of Jain monk Mayank Sagar, who was attacked and injured by Muslims in Karnataka.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 24 Jun 2024.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
This is a photo of Jain monk Mayank Sagar, who was injured in a road accident back in 2018. However, there is no religious aspect to the incident. Previously, police arrested editors of several right-wing websites for sharing this same photo, falsely alleging that the monk was injured in an attack by Muslims.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 24 June 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 26 June 2024, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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