“Video of a policeman chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans and leading the rioters to burn Muslim houses in Tripura”
Social media posts
Claim dated 29 Oct 2021.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The video shared in the post is an old one. This video was shot in March 2018 during the Ram Navami celebrations at Samastipur city in Bihar. This video has nothing to do with the recent Tripura communal violence
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 29 October 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 1 November 2021, 3 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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