“Mi-17 V5 helicopter carrying India’s CDS was shot down by Tamil Nadu Liberation Army”
What FACTLY found
There is no evidence that the Mi-17 V5 helicopter carrying India’s CDS was shot down by Tamil Nadu Liberation Army. Tamil Nadu Liberation Army is one of the banned organisations in India; is one of the terrorist organisations listed in the first schedule of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. The twitter link/account which is propagating this information is based out of Pakistan and is tied to some ‘Pakistan Strategic Forum’ which ‘is an Islamabad-based defence related think tank’...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 8 December 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 10 December 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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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.