A picture post has surfaced on social media where a man can be seen burning the national flag.
The text accompanying the picture claims that Krishna Lal is a Hindu terrorist and he believes that India is a Hindu nation and the national flag should only be Saffron colour instead of tricolor.
“आतंकवादी श्री कृष्ण लाल भारतिय झंडे को जला रहा है। इस आतंकवादी का मानना है भारत हिन्दू राष्ट्र है यहां भगवा झंडा फहराया जाएगा तिरंगा नहीं।” the text read.
ये है #हिन्दू_आतंकवादी श्री कृष्ण लाल भारतीय झंडे को जला रहा है। इस आतंकवादी का मानना है भारत हिन्दू राष्ट्र है यहां भगवा झंडा फहराया जाएगा तिरंगा नहीं । pic.twitter.com/gYU0ZeT0W3
— जय भीम – नमो बुद्धाय (@julieilu143) August 17, 2018
#rahul gandhi
ये है #हिन्दू_आतंकवादी श्री कृष्ण लाल भारतीय झंडे को जला रहा है। इस आतंकवादी का मानना है भारत हिन्दू राष्ट्र है यहां भगवा झंडा फहराया जाएगा तिरंगा नहीं ।मोदी सरकार से विनम्र निवेदन है कि इस आदमी को गिरफ्तार करके मुकदमा चलाया जाय और इसको जेल भेजा जाय। pic.twitter.com/cXTfvfaBdd
— akhilesh dwivedi (@baddwivedi) August 27, 2018
FACT CHECK
When NewsMobile fact-checked the claim, we found the claim be fake.
When we put the image through Reverse Image Search, we found that the man, identified as M Prabhu, a teacher from Tamil Nadu, burned the flag as a sign of protest against the government.
In a video that went viral on social media, he said that he is burning the national flag in protest against the Central government as it failed to constitute the Cauvery Management Board.
You have every right to do Protest but Nothing justify burning National Flag in the name of Protest & Opposing Govt for not forming Cauvery Management Board. And irony is This Traitor is a School Teacher in Tamil Nadu. pic.twitter.com/IGHxNdb73A
— Anshul Saxena (@AskAnshul) April 3, 2018
An article by Satya Vijayi titled ‘School Teacher from Tamil Nadu arrested for burning the National Flag’ has featured this image.
The above information proves that the claim attached to the viral image is FAKE.
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