“Police arrested a Burqa-clad man affiliated to RSS for waving a Pakistan flag”
Social media posts
Claim dated 16 Aug 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
According to news reports, the man in the video was arrested for smuggling liquor by disguising as a burqa-clad woman. The incident took place in Kurnool of Andhra Pradesh and the incident has nothing to with RSS and Pakistan flag
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 16 August 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 17 April 2021, 244 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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