Some pictures of destroyed houses went viral from the account of Salman Khurshid, Senior Advocate of Supreme Court of India and former Minister for corporate affairs, water resources, minority affairs, law & justice, and external affairs.
He tweeted from his account, “Not Ukraine, these are photos of Unnao and Farrukhabad of Buldozerland.”
Not Ukraine, these are photos of Unnao and Farrukhabad of Buldozerland pic.twitter.com/K3K66G36Jr
— Salman Khurshid (@salman7khurshid) June 7, 2022
A user on Twitter writes, “Shocking Pictures shared by @salman7khurshid from Unnao n Farrukhabad. Such was the corruption that people had built 2-3 stories illegal houses/apartments Well done Mahant Ji @myogiadityanath.”
Shocking Pictures shared by @salman7khurshid from Unnao n Farrukhabad.
Such was the corruption that people had built 2-3 storeys illegal houses/apartments
Well done Mahant ji @myogiadityanath pic.twitter.com/ROMEdlYd5D— AgentVinod (@AgentVinod03) June 7, 2022
Fact Check:
To know the authenticity of the viral pictures we reverse searched different images.
We found the same pictures in the report of Amaj Ujala with the headline, “encroachment drive launched.” From the same report, we found that the pictures are from Unnao, but from the year 2016.
Conclusion:
After the Fact Check by DFRAC we found that the pictures shared by Salman Khurshid is Misleading as the viral pictures are from the year 2016.
Claim Review: Some pictures of destroyed houses went viral from the account of Salman Khurshid.
Claimed by: Salman Khurshid
Fact Check: misleading
