“Video of Karnataka police personnel offering Aarti to the lockdown violators”
Social media posts
Claim dated 15 May 2021.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The video shows an old incident that took place at Rewa city in Madhya Pradesh. In April 2020, Rewa police personnel had stopped the lockdown violators and offered Aarti as a punishment for them. This video has nothing to do with the Karnataka police personnel
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 15 May 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 25 May 2021, 10 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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