“Newspaper clipping from 1971 shows 4000 RSS workers were arrested under the IPC section 377 for performing unnatural sexual acts while protesting for the liberation of Bangladesh”
Social media posts
Claim dated 29 Mar 2021.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
It is a digitally created fake newspaper clipping. While there are reports about Jan Sangh protesting in support of the liberation of Bangladesh, there is no evidence that 4,000 RSS workers were arrested under IPC section 377 for performing unnatural sexual acts while protesting.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 29 March 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 30 March 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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