“Image of Sachin Tendulkar taking part in the funeral procession of Sindhutai Sakpal”
Social media posts
Claim dated 5 Jan 2022.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The image is three years old, when Sachin took part in funeral procession of his childhood coach Ramakant Achrekar in 2019. While Sachin offered his condolences on Sindhutai’s demise through a tweet, he did not attend her funeral procession
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 5 January 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 6 January 2022, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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