“Chitra, the runaway girl who gets rescued by a woman named Usha in the story is Infosys chairperson Sudha Murthy”
What FACTLY found
This story is an excerpt from the non-fiction book written by Sudha Murthy titled ‘The day I stopped drinking milk.’ In this book, Sudha Murthy writes stories of people that she met and has known over the years, and are said to be recollections of her experiences as a teacher, writer and a social worker. In the first chapter titled ‘Bombay to Bangalore’, she writes about a girl named Chitra, whom she rescued during her journey in a train. Chitra is not Sudha Murthy as the post claims
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 14 September 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 15 September 2022, 1 day later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02UANRqSuzrLQKupaitZo9feZpGbysLmV9…
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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.