Fact Check: Old, unrelated photos shared as from recent Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh
India Today
The India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found that none of the images shared in the FB post are recent. These are images from different Naxal attacks that took place in the country over the years.
Several pictures are being circulated on social media with the claim that they are from the blast site of an IED attack triggered by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh on Friday that injured three Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) jawans. 2 Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) jawans of 16 battalion injured in IED blast triggered by naxals, 4 km from the Orchha police station in Narayanpur district. Both jawans are stable & have been brought to Raipur for better treatment: Commandant 16th battalion, CAF, Sadanand Kumar pic.twitter.com/7HG06GgVAZ Chhattisgarh: 3 jawans of Chhattisgarh Armed Force & 2 jawans of District Force killed and 2 jawans injured in an IED blast on a police vehicle in Dantewada's Cholnar Village. Troops of CRPF rushed to the spot, More details awaited. pic.twitter.com/J6a0JMpknn
The post, that surfaced a day after the attack, claims that the images are from the blast site near Kosronda camp.