A picture post has surfaced on Internet stating that UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been fined by the police for masturbating in his car.
The headline reads: “UK PM Rishi Sunak fined by police for masturbating in his car.”
The above post can be seen here.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above post, and found it to be misleading.
Putting relevant keywords such as ‘UK Prime Minister’, ‘Rishi Sunak’, ‘fined’, ‘police’ through a Google search, we traced news reports dated January 21, 2023, stating that Sunak was fined for NOT wearing a seatbelt. These reports can be seen here, here, here and here.
According to the BBC report, Sunak was fined for not wearing a seatbelt in a moving car while filming a social media video.
We came to know that the Instagram handle, which made the above post, is a satirical news handle. The description reads “‘ & “.
So, it can be concluded that the viral claim in question is fake.
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