“Recent images of corpses floating in Ganga”
Social media posts
Claim dated 16 May 2021.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING
What FACTLY found
All these are old images clicked back in 2008, 2012 & 2007 on the banks of river Ganga in Varanasi & Haridwar. These images have nothing to do with recent discovery of corpses floating in Ganga
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 16 May 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 17 May 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=3047354002165947&set=gm.4019539608141102
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=113867440860102&id=100067105391393
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/franklin.varghese.54/posts/1785201494974768
Links recorded by FACTLY. Some posts may have been deleted since.
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.