“Video of a chopper showering flowers on the crowd gathered to celebrate the ‘Hindu New Year’ festival in Uttar Pradesh”
Social media posts
Claim dated 2 Apr 2022.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The video shared in the post show visuals from the 2018 Ram Navami festival in Ranchi, Jharkhand. The video shared in the post is old and has nothing to do with the recent Hindu New Year celebrations in Uttar Pradesh
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 2 April 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 5 April 2022, 3 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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