“Photo of Sumit Vishwakarma who secured 53rd rank in the UPSC Civil Services Examination”
What FACTLY found
In 2019, several news websites misreported Sumit Vishwakarma from Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur district as Sumit Kumar, the person who secured 53rd rank in the 2018 Civil Services Examination. Sumit Kumar, who hails from the Jamui district in Bihar, issued a clarification stating that the media is covering the wrong person linking to his rank in the 2018 Civil Services Examination. Sumit Vishwakarma, the person who was seen in the photo did not secure 53rd rank in the Civil Services Examination
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 9 February 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 14 February 2023, 5 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/ChirkutBaba/posts/pfbid0EM59sHryywM7DetGWf2PTXHycMvi3kFcUtUJXfQf…
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.