“Picture of a tribal woman who was brutally killed in the name of a Naxalite in Chhattisgarh”
What FACTLY found
The photo shared in the post shows an old picture of a suspected female Maoist guerrilla killed during an encounter between Indian Paramilitary soldiers and the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) at Salboni village in West Bengal’s Midnapore district. This incident took place in June 2010. The photo shared in the post is old and has nothing to do with the tribals living in Chhattisgarh
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 28 March 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 5 April 2022, 8 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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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.