“Photo of a retired colonel from Lucknow who shot himself in distress as one of his sons couldn’t even attend the last rites of his mother”
Social media posts
Claim dated 14 Sep 2022.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
This photo does not show any retired colonel from Lucknow who shot himself in distress. The same story has been going viral with different images over the last few years. There are no news reports of the suicide of a retired Colonel for the reasons mentioned
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 14 September 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 15 September 2022, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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