“Video showing people protesting Nupur Sharma’s comments, killing a police officer in Kolkata”
What FACTLY found
Though the video is from Kolkata, the police constable shot himself dead; nobody killed him. A police constable named Choudup Lepcha opened fire indiscriminately from his rifle on 10 June 2022. Before he shot himself, his firing killed a woman and injured two others. The incident happened at Lower Range Road in Kolkata, which was 500 metres from the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission. A kilometre from the incident, hundreds of Muslims were holding protests against Nupur Sharma’s comments on Pr...
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 12 June 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 15 June 2022, 3 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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