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“Uttar Pradesh police teach a lesson to two men by making them play pungi into each other’s ears”
Social media posts Claim dated 6 Oct 2022.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING

What FACTLY found

his incident occurred during the Dussehra celebrations in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. According to Dainik Bhaskar, the Jabalpur Police, while running a special campaign against the nuisance and ruckus created by miscreants during the Navratri festival, punished them so that the rioters took an oath that they would never do such an act again.’

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

In short

This claim spread on social media around 6 October 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 7 October 2022, 1 day later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.

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.