“This video shows a recent incident in which the clothes of five Congress members caught fire while burning an effigy of Prime Minister Modi in Karnataka.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 7 May 2024.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
This video shows an incident that happened in 2012 when some students belonging to the Kerala Students Union (KSU) in Pathanamthitta, Kerala, torched an effigy of MG University’s Vice-Chancellor on fire. It has nothing to do with PM Modi’s effigy or Karnataka.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 7 May 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 7 May 2024. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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