“Video of a Modi fan hanging onto the landing skid of Modi’s helicopter.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 27 May 2024.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
This is a video from 2016. This incident happened in Kenya’s Bungoma during a mourning ceremony for a Kenyan businessman. When a helicopter carrying his dead body was taking off from the ceremony location, a man named ‘Saleh Wanjala’ held onto its landing skid and dangled as it flew.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 27 May 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 29 May 2024, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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