“International Tunneling expert Arnold Dix is an Indian named Anand Dixit”
Social media posts
Claim dated 4 Dec 2023.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
According to news reports, Arnold Dix is from Monbulk, Victoria, Australia, not from Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. None of the media reports that covered his role in the Uttarkashi tunnel rescue mentioned anything about him being born in India or that his name was Anand Dixit.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 4 December 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 5 December 2023, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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