A cutting of a newspaper is becoming fiercely viral on social media. The newspaper’s cutting carries the headline – “Hundreds of calls from North Bihar to Pakistan in 10 days”. More than 250 ISD calls have been made to Pakistan during the last 10 days in five districts of north Bihar. This has been revealed in the investigation of central intelligence agencies. These districts include Darbhanga, Kishanganj, Madhubani, Katihar, and Araria.
Sharing this cutting, a user named Abhishek Tiwari wrote – “As I have been constantly saying. Not only the Hindus of Bihar, but the Hindus of the whole country should take the mission of Ghazwa-e-Hind 2047 very seriously and Modi Ji, the biggest problem of the country is not corruption, not familyism but jihad against Hindus| Save Hindus, the country will survive| #NarendraModi” {English Translation}
Sharing this cutting, a verified user named Shweta Shalini wrote “what does this mean”
Meanwhile, a user replied – “the time of coming home before 6 o’clock is back in Bihar| It’s time not to put a surname with a name|”
Another user has called it jungle raj return.
Moreover, a user even alleged that the government in Bihar has changed at the border of Pakistan.
Fact check:
To analyze the cutting of viral newspapers, the DFRAC team searched some of its keywords. We did not find any news reference to this on Google. After this, we searched about the cutting of this newspaper on social media. We found this newspaper cutting on a Facebook page called ‘Bihar’ on August 8, 2019. The post was shared more than hundreds of times and got thousands of likes
Bihar – Bihar added a new photo. (facebook.com)
At the same time, this cutting was posted by a user named Kanhaiya Lal Saini on August 10, 2019.
Conclusion:
It is clear from the fact check of DFRAC that the cutting of the newspaper is not recent but 3 years old and it has nothing to do with the formation of the grand alliance government in Bihar. This cutting has also gone viral on social media 3 years ago in 2019. Therefore, the claim of social media users is mileading.
The DFRAC team is still searching for the original source of the newspaper cutting, the news will be updated as soon as the search is completed.
Claim: Phone calls to Pakistan started as soon as the Mahagathbandhan government is formed in Bihar
Claimed review: Social media users
Fact check: Misleading
