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“Photo of a massive protest in Bangladesh opposing the PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh”
Social media posts Claim dated 20 Mar 2021.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

The photo shared in the post is an old one. In October 2020, thousands of Muslims marched in Dhaka protesting the French cartoons on Prophet Mohammed. This photo is related to that protest and has nothing to do with PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 20 March 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 25 March 2021, 5 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

Where the claim appeared

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