The never-ending menace of fake news is back. How much ever we try to bust these fake news, eventually there is some more of it. Some time these fake information keep making rounds. While going from one WhatsApp group to another at times, these new gets spiced up and another angle is given to it. Most of the time these fake news comes with some propaganda attached to it, and many politically inclined groups or individuals use these fake news to spread a false narrative.
In the past few days too such incorrect pieces of information have made their way to social media. Here, The Logical Indian aims at busting a few of them.
Did Indian soldier freeze in the cold?
In the last few days, a photograph of an ‘Indian Army soldier’ has gone viral with the claims that the soldier is fighting the nature’s adversity in the line of duty. The picture was shared among many social media platforms. It shows a man standing with all his face, neck and shoulder covered with icicles, reports Alt News.
A Facebook page, हिंदुस्थानी सेना (Hindustani Sena) is among the many who shared the post. The Facebook page captioned the picture, “हमारे जवान -5 माईनस डिर्गी मे भी अपना फर्ज निभाते है , और हम आराम से सो जाते हैं , यह अपना वतन बचाते है ,जय हिन्द जय भारत (Our soldiers do their duty while standing in -5 degree Celsius, while we sleep. They save our nation.)
The post that is still available on their page has received 4,100 interactions along with 781 shares at the time this article was published. The Facebook page which is posting this picture has a massive following of close to 2 million.
The post was also put out on another Facebook page called Bharatiya Yoddha, with the same caption. It has received 6,400 reactions and 817 Comments and 4,941 Shares on the page. Similarly, the post was shared at various other pages, and many individuals also shared the post making it viral.
The truth of the picture is that it is not an Indian Army soldier’s picture. Instead, the picture is a screenshot from a surfing video. The picture is of a local surfer, Dan Schetter aka Surfer Dan who is surfing in America’s Lake Superior, which is one of the largest of the five Great Lakes of Northern America. The video of the surfing was posted by on Jerry Mills on December 2017.
The description accompanying another YouTube video says, “Meet our legendary local surfer, Dan Schetter, aka Surfer Dan, one of a small group of locals who surf Lake Superior even in the most extreme conditions. This day was really extreme as the wind chill was -30. I was out there capturing footage for my Jerrysim series.” The video, as per the description was filmed at Presque Isle Park in Marquette, MI, on the southern shore of Lake Superior, in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
The full video of the picture is here.
Did Bangladesh print fake Indian Currency?
A video has been going viral, in which it can be seen that in a small printing press Rs 50 and Rs 200 note are allegedly being minted. It also shows, an old man stacking the bundles of the notes.
The video has gone viral with many narratives. One of the most viral narratives is that it is a printing press in Bangladesh where the fake Indian currency is being made.
The video was shared widely on social media. Many tagged PM Modi, Sushma Swaraj and other senior BJP leaders on Twitter while sharing the post.
I added a video to a @YouTube playlist https://t.co/EPAbsE3RZe Fake notes factory in Bangladesh, unbelievable, circulate this
— POST A RESUME (@postaresume) February 16, 2018
Fake INDIAN notes factory in Bangladesh_unbelievable: https://t.co/o9qRIusyU9 via @YouTube
— Zakir Hussain (@ZakirHu60639468) February 17, 2018
Fake currencies mainly coming from Bangladesh, have come across a recent WA video of a man printing fake currency in a press in Bangladesh..The video shows only latest currency notes of 20, 50, 200@WBPolice
— Five5starA (@Five5starA) February 9, 2018
The truth of the video is that while the stack of notes looks like Indian counterfeit currency, however, it is token game notes that are used in children’s games like Monopoly.
Here is a closer look to a Rs 50 notes, that shows that even though the notes quite resembles the currency it has ‘Children’s Bank of India’ written on it instead of ‘Reserve Bank of India, reports The Quint.
Source: The Quint
The Quint has also pointed out a few more things that show that the notes are not Indian counterfeit note.
Firstly, instead of ‘Reserve Bank of India’ on the note, ‘Children’s Bank of India’ and ‘Manoranjan Bank’ is written on the note. Secondly, there is no Rupee symbol (₹) and state emblem of India on the note. Lastly, the different-sized note number is missing.
Therefore, it can be said that the notes that are seen in the video are not counterfeit currency; however, it is a replication of the notes that are used in games. Notably, possessing or producing material, which resembles Indian cur…
