“Photo of a UP boy breaking four TV sets after India’s loss to both New Zealand and Pakistan in the 2021 T20 World Cup”
Social media posts
Claim dated 1 Nov 2021.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The photo is from Ahmedabad and not from UP. The photo shows a person breaking a TV after India’s loss to Pakistan in the ICC Champions Trophy final of 2017. There are no recent reports of a UP boy breaking four television sets after India’s loss to both New Zealand and Pakistan in the 2021 T20 World Cup
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 1 November 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 5 November 2021, 4 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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