“Police awareness message alerting people to be wary of beggars”
What FACTLY found
The message shared in the post is being shared on social media at least since 2015. Bhim Sain Bassi had retired as Delhi Police Chief in February 2016. He then served as a member of UPSC till February 2021. Former Police Commissioner of Delhi Bhim Sain Bassi did not release any such message warning people to be wary of beggars. Multiple versions of this message went viral on social media attributed to different State Police
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 23 July 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 28 July 2022, 5 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0qEjQKHV9ux5wzi83dbNVLUvpiboFbbFGg…
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