“People thrashing a kidnapper in Salem, Tamil Nadu who came to abduct small children”
Social media posts
Claim dated 13 Apr 2021.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The video actually shows people thrashing a miscreant who under the influence of alcohol tried to abduct a school-going girl at Thanjavur old bus stand back in 2019. Multiple Tamil regional news agencies have reported the incident. The video has nothing to do with Salem
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 13 April 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 14 April 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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