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“Vaishali Yadav posted a video faking as if she was in Ukraine studying there. The Uttar Pradesh Police arrested her for false propaganda”
Social media posts Claim dated 2 Mar 2022.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING

What FACTLY found

Vaishali Yadav came to India last year during the Panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh, in which she contested and won as a Gram Pradhan. She went back to Ukraine for studies after the elections. As her video went viral with false claims, the Hardoi SP has clarified that the claims of her location (as India) and arrest are fake. He said that she is in Romania currently. The same has been said by Vaishali Yadav in another video

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In short

This claim spread on social media around 2 March 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 3 March 2022, 1 day later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.

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