Begin typing your search...
Arms stockpile pics from riots ‘debunked’
When false news is spread, it can cause a negative impact among millions. Be a responsible citizen, combat this growing problem by separating fact from fiction here
By
migrator
migrator
Chennai
With the Delhi riots last month continuing to raise uproar in Parliament, a set of images of a pile of swords and knives on a table with claims that they were seized from the Delhi RSS office and from the residence of suspended AAP councillor Tahir Hussain is going viral.
However, Alt News had last year debunked earlier false claims associated with the images. According to a 2018 media report, the images of the weapons were from a ‘kirpan’ factory in Punjab. The other images were found to be of the police busting an arms racket being operated from a hotel on the Ahmedabad-Rajkot highway in 2016.
First published on www.altnews.in
Visit news.dtnext.in to explore our interactive epaper!
Download the DT Next app for more exciting features!
Click here for iOS
Click here for Android
Next Story
