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“Recent images of hospital workers in Odisha breaking and packing a dead body in a sack. #Atmanirbhar Bharat”
Social media posts Claim dated 1 Jun 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

The images are not of any recent incident. The incident took place in Odisha in 2016. The Government Railway Police (GRP) have said that they have done so as no ambulance was available to transport the body

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 1 June 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 4 June 2020, 3 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

Where the claim appeared

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