News is going viral on social media platforms claiming that the Indian army has once again carried out a surgical strike in Pakistan occupied Kashmir. The army crossed the Line of Control in the districts of Rajouri and Poonch and completely destroyed the four launching pads of terrorists. Seven to eight terrorists are reported to have been killed in this major action.
A user named Dr. MJ Augustine Vinod shared a picture on Twitter and wrote: “Another surgical strike on Pakistan’s BAT (Border Action Team) by Para SF Super job”.
Furthermore, Newspaper website Dainik Jagran published a news article on 22 August 2023 with the headline: “India again carried out surgical strike on Pakistan, 12 to 15 commandos carried out the mission; Seven to eight terrorists killed”.
In this news article, Jagran stated: “The Indian Army has taken major action across the border. This time our brave men crossed the Line of Control from the middle of Rajouri and Poonch districts and completely destroyed four launching pads of terrorists operating in Nakyal of Kotli in slave Jammu and Kashmir”.
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Not only this, but the news article was also published on the front page of their Newspaper as a report stating similar claims. Image of front page was shared by one of the users named Shubham diwedi on Twitter along with the caption: “India carried out a surgical strike yesterday, 8 terrorists killed. Our Army demolished their houses as well, no updates from @ANI”.
Another news website named India Posts English published this news with similar claims.
Fact-Check
The Dfrac team searched some keywords related to viral news on Google and discovered some media reports during this process. As per media reports “The Ministry of Defence dismissed the claims of Surgical strike. In Fact, an infiltration bid was foiled”.
News Website IndiaTV published this news along with the headline: “Government refutes claims of surgical strike, says infiltration bid foiled in Rajouri”.
According to the news by IndiaTV “The Ministry of Defence on Tuesday refuted the claims of a surgical strike by the Indian Army, hours after a newspaper daily published a report.An Army official in a statement said, “A news has been published with respect to Surgical Strike. I would like to inform you that no such operation has been carried out in Rajouri – Poonch. An Infiltration Bid was foiled yesterday for which a press release has been given”.
Another news website Navbharat times also published a news article stating: “The army has denied the news of surgical strike in the media. Defense PRO, Jammu issued a statement today saying, ‘A news has been published regarding surgical strike, I want to inform you that no such operation has been done in Rajouri-Poonch. An infiltration attempt was foiled yesterday. In fact, a Hindi newspaper has published news from Rajouri dateline that our jawans crossed the Line of Control between Rajour and Poonch districts and destroyed four launching pads of terrorists operating in Kotli Nakayal of PoK“.
Moreover, we also found a video of breaking news posted by the official account MirrorNow on Twitter, stating “A news has been published with respect to Surgical Strike. No such operation has been carried out in Rajouri – Poonch…” @adgpi
Conclusion
It is evident from Dfrac’s Fact-Check that no surgical strike has been carried out in Pakistan occupied Kashmir. Therefore, the claim of social media users including Dainik Jagran is Fake.
