India’s Operation Sindoor demolished terror infrastructure at 9 “recognised” locations. Pakistan-based social media handles have reveal a “full-blown disinformation offensive” with “lies” and digital theatrics to govern the narrative. In but some other case of incorrect information shared by numerous Pakistan-based accounts on social media, it claimed that a Female Indian Air Force pilot captured in Pakistan. Refuting the claim, reality-testing unit of the Press Information Bureau (PIB) stated that the declare was fake.
Pakistani Social Media Make False Claims on Female Indian Air Force pilot
Pro-Pakistan social media handles claim that an female IAF pilot, Squadron Leader Shivani Singh, captured in Pakistan. This claim is FAKE,” the PIB Fact Check post on X.
Earlier on Friday, a post claiming that Pakistan shot down a Sukhoi SU-30MKI of the Indian Air Force (IAF) and captured an Indian pilot doing the rounds circulated at the internet. However, India categorically rejected the claim and eliminate as fake information.
Reality testing unit declare fake image
PIB Fact-test, the reality-testing unit of the Union government, stated that the image of Female Indian Air Force pilot is not real and the claim is false. The photo dates head back to 2014, whilst a fighter aircraft Sukhoi SU-30MKI of the IAF crashed at Undre Vasti of Kulwadi village near Pune – Ahmednagar Highway in Maharashtra. The incident occurs on October 14, 2014.
There has been a surge of incorrect information following ‘Operation Sindoor’. Indian Armed Forces accomplished “unique, measured and non-escalatory” strikes at 9 “acknowledged terror” goals in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in response to the Pahalgam terror attack. “Following India’s decisive strike under ‘Operation Sindoor’, Pakistan has unleashed a full-blown disinformation offensive, a determined attempt to shift the point of interest and control the narrative with a barrage of lies and digital theatrics,” officers said.
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