“Lt.Gen.Taranjit Singh has been arrested on charges of sedition”
Social media posts
Claim dated 1 Oct 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
Indian Army through a press statement called out the news as an attempt of state-sponsored malicious disinformation campaign by Pakistan & rejected the claim of the arrest. Even though a tweet, the Indian Army said the same. Also, Lt.Gen.Taranjit Singh was seen addressing a press meet on 01 October 2020.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 1 October 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 6 October 2020, 5 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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