“Mumbai based man, Murtaza Ali has recently gained attraction on social media for his claims to donate a heavy sum to the families of the CRPF troops who died in the Pulwama attack. However, he did not asnwer the BBC questions regarding his claims. The PMO also said that they haven't yet recieved any papers of his research or the promised money.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 5 Mar 2019.
BBC Hindi rated thisUnconfirmed
In short
This claim spread on social media around 5 March 2019. BBC Hindi (India) looked into it and published its finding on 8 March 2019, 3 days later. Its rating was “Unconfirmed”.
Where the claim appeared
- businesstoday.inhttps://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-politics/pulwama-terrorist-attack-blind-scie…
- newindianexpress.comhttp://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/mar/05/kota-man-pledges-l110-crore-tech-to-st…
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