“Video clips of Indians throwing the idols of their Gods on the streets due to their anger over Coronavirus”
Social media posts
Claim dated 11 May 2021.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The first video clip in the post was captured in 2019, in Ahmedabad city in Gujarat. The second video clip was shot at Telangana’s Beechupally village in 2015. Both the video clips were shot well before the first COVID-19 virus case in the country
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 11 May 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 2 June 2021, 22 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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