Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned on 5th August afternoon due to intense protests, and fled the country.
Against this backdrop, a picture of an Indian Air Force aircraft is doing the rounds on social media, claiming that the Indian Army aircraft was stationed at Dhaka’s Tejgaon Airport to monitor the ongoing situation in Bangladesh and take PM Hasina out of the country.
A Facebook user posted the viral post (archive link) with the following caption:
ভারতীয় সেনাবাহিনীর বিশেষ বিমান তেজগাঁও বিমান ঘাঁটিতে অবস্থান করছে..!! (English version: See below.👇)
You can check the post here.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the viral post, and found it to be false.
Running a Reverse Image Search of the picture, the NM team identified a news article in Telegraph India, dated May 11, 2021. The picture matches with the viral image, describing that the picture is of a special IAF plane carrying an oxygen tanker taken at the Birsa Munda Airport in Ranchi.
Searching further, we found another report on India.com on May 12, 2021, with the same information. Along with the viral photo of the IAF aircraft, it also reads: “An Indian Air Force aircraft carrying oxygen cylinders to help fight against Covid-19 arrives at Birsa Munda International Airport, Ranchi, on 10th May, 2021.”
We could not find any credible source of information linking this image to Bangladesh or Sheikh Hasina. Therefore, we can conclusively say that the viral post, claiming to show IAF Special Aircraft at Tejgaon Airport in Bangladesh, is false.
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