A picture of Indian soldiers, wrapped in tri-colour, is doing the rounds on social media, with a claim, that they are coffins of 20 soldiers who lost their lives during the recent clashes between India and China in Galwan valley in Ladakh.
Gift frm China🤬🤬 I am emotional n hence i pledge✊ not a rupee will i spend on anything dat is manufactured in or imported frm #China
As a country v hv 2take a non emotional approach n launch a new #industrial #revolution 2fast forward #chinese decline. RT if u took a pledge pic.twitter.com/iNVfXGzt9b— Sanjoy (@tweetsSANJOY) June 18, 2020
Saheedo ko Antim vidaayi. Aapka ka karz hum nahi utaar payenge. 🙏🙏 #JaiHind Desh se badhkar kuch bhi nahi. pic.twitter.com/5O0LW6J4mt
— Gaurav Taneja (@flyingbeast320) June 18, 2020
FACT CHECKÂ
NewsMobile fact-checked the above post and found that the picture is OLD.
On putting the image through Reverse Image Search, we found the original picture in an article by Reddit dated February 16, 2019.
The headline read: “The mortal remains of the martyred Indian soldiers from the Pulwama terrorist attack being taken to their hometown for cremation.”
This proves that the image in question is old and has no connection with the recent India-china face-off. People should be careful while posting such pictures, as they have a high emotional meaning for the citizens of India.
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