Amid the ongoing mystery regarding the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, a piece of sensational news has been circulating on social media with claims that Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey has resigned from his position.
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BIG BREAKIG ! बिहार डीजीपी गुप्तेश्वर पांडेय ने दे दिया है इस्तीफा ! Murya News18 ! Resignation ! DGp Bihar !
https://t.co/F4fl7ALYMm
— Santosh Ekta (@Ektasan) August 23, 2020
सुनने में आ रहा है कि बिहार के डीजीपी गुप्तेश्वर पांडेय जी ने इस्तीफा दे दिया है ।
क्या ये खबर सही है ?— पंकज पराग (@parag278) August 23, 2020
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above claim and found it to be false.
We checked his Twitter handle, where he has explicitly clarified that it is just a rumour and he has not submitted his resignation.
“A news portal of Bihar has created a sensation by running a piece of false news about my resignation from my job. What level of journalism would you call it?, ” he tweeted in Hindi. ( Translated by Google translation)
अभी बिहार के एक पोर्टल न्यूज़ ने मेरे नौकरी से इस्तीफ़ा देने के बारे में एक झूठी खबर चला कर सनसनी फैला दी है.इसको किस स्तर की पत्रकारिता कहेंगे आप ?
— IPS Gupteshwar Pandey (@ips_gupteshwar) August 23, 2020
We checked and found that the news was originally shared by Maurya News18. However, after IPS Gupteshwar Pandey issued a clarification, the publication updated the article and apologised for the gaffe.
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