“Visuals showing people belonging to the Muslim community barging into a mall, demanding free food and gifts for Eid”
What FACTLY found
The visuals show locals of Radha Gobindo Saha Lane and Dilkhusha Street in Kolkata taking respite in the nearby Quest mall, as the area is reeling under heat and long duration of power outages. News agencies reported locals protesting the prolonged outage of electricity in pockets of Kolkata. However, there are no reports associating the visuals to the viral claim
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 18 April 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 19 April 2023, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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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.