“Videos of Virat Kohli condemning the Kolkata rape case incident.”
What FACTLY found
One of the viral videos actually dates back to 06 January 2017, when Virat Kohli expressed his anguish over the Bangalore mass molestation incident on 2017 New Year’s Eve. The second video features clips from a Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) podcast published on 26 February 2022, on their official YouTube channel. The audio of this podcast is manipulated to show as though Virat Kholi demanded death sentence to the rapist. We found no official statement from Virat Kohli regarding the Kolkat...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 18 August 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 21 August 2024, 3 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scKQiIs4Yas
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.