“Pictures of South Indian actor turned politician, Prakash Raj, have gone viral with a claim that he has become a Christian. We found that the pictures were real but not from the same context that’s shared in social media messages.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 5 Feb 2019.
BBC Hindi rated thisFalse
In short
This claim spread on social media around 5 February 2019. BBC Hindi (India) looked into it and published its finding on 7 February 2019, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Post on Xhttps://twitter.com/sunilpalakod/status/1093032008283054080
- Post on Xhttps://twitter.com/Remesh_Hind
Links recorded by BBC Hindi. Some posts may have been deleted since.
This check was done by BBC Hindi, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.