“Two separate videos claiming to be of the wife of Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthaman, who Pakistan will release from captivity today, is going viral on social media platforms.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 1 Mar 2019.
BBC Hindi rated thisOld Video 1, False claims
In short
This claim spread on social media around 1 March 2019. BBC Hindi (India) looked into it and published its finding on 1 March 2019. Its rating was “Old Video 1, False claims”.
Where the claim appeared
- Post on Xhttps://twitter.com/sherryontopp
- Post on Xhttps://twitter.com/yuvadesh/status/1101076870194450432
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZZqmP7idWs&fbclid=IwAR1ykL32FdgXKSEv4YYUTOixPTYKJ9b0VdoS…
Links recorded by BBC Hindi. Some posts may have been deleted since.
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