“Police are yet to arrest this man who is seen burning the Indian national flag”
Social media posts
Claim dated 28 Jul 2022.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING
What FACTLY found
This incident occurred in Tamil Nadu’s Nagapattinam in 2016. The man who burnt the Indian National Flag was Dilipan Mahendran, and the police arrested him
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 28 July 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 2 August 2022, 5 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/CgkD5GUPY9U/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=13e2c6b4-d7be-4411-bc…
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