“Screenshot of an old newspaper clip reporting Rahul Gandhi’s arrest in Boston Airport”
What FACTLY found
The newspaper clip shared in the post was created using the newspaper clipping generator website ‘fodey.com’. It is not a real clipping. In September 2001, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was detained for “about an hour” in Boston Airport as part of the security precautions in the aftermath of ‘9/11’ terrorist attack in the U.S. The Boston Airport authority had not detained Rahul Gandhi on the charges of drug possession
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 22 October 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 2 November 2021, 11 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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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.
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