The fact check unit of the Press information bureau on Thursday alerted about a fake letter purportedly addressed by the Defence Minister of India, to General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command, being shared on social media.
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The PIB fact check unit said that the fake letter is being spread by Pakistani accounts as False Propaganda aimed at spreading misinformation.
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It urged to avoid sharing unverified information and rely only on official sources from the Government of India for accurate information.
The fact-check unit exposed another social media claim on Thursday, spreading a false narrative on Indian casualties in Operation Sindoor.
Several Pakistan-based accounts circulated images on social media claiming that they show the last rites of an Indian Air Force Rafale pilot who allegedly died on May 7.
However, the PIB fact-checking unit debunked this claim as "completely false" and clarified that the image is actually from 2008 and bears no relation to the claim.
"An old image is going viral on social media, with many Pakistan-based accounts claiming that it shows the last rites of a Rafale pilot of the #IndianAirForce who died on 7 May 2025. This claim is completely fake. The image is actually from 2008 and unrelated to the current context," PIB fact-checking unit wrote on X.
The PIB fact-check unit also attached a link to a CNN article on 'India's burning issue with emissions from Hindu funeral pyres' with the same image. The image caption stated that the picture shows Hindus paying their respects at a mass cremation of 15 schoolgirls on the banks of the River Orsang in Bamroli, Gujarat, on April 16, 2008.