“Photograph of money recovered from BJP leader’s house in West Bengal”
Social media posts
Claim dated 15 Apr 2021.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The photograph in the post is neither related to any BJP leader nor is it from West Bengal. It is from Khammam, Telangana. The photograph shows the Telangana police who had nabbed a gang involved in the circulation of fake ₹ 2,000 notes on 02 November 2019
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 15 April 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 16 April 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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.