Fact Check: Old news of BJP leader's arrest for helping Maoists linked to Bijapur attack

Soon after the deadly ambush by Maoists on security personnel in Chhattisgarh, a newspaper clipping emerged that a BJP leader was arrested in connection with the incident. India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found that the viral image is a morphed page layout of "enavabharat.com".

Soon after the deadly ambush by Maoists on security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Saturday, an apparent newspaper clipping went viral with the claim that a BJP leader was arrested in connection with the incident. Several Facebook users posted the purported screenshot with an image of soldiers carrying a coffin and a Hindi headline saying, "24 martyred, 31 injured in Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur". Apart from details about the ambush, the image has a smaller headlined encircled in red which says two people, including a BJP leader, were arrested. Netizens are sharing the picture with the caption, "BJP's Naxal connection".