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Data on Waqf Board shared with false angle

Alt News ran a check and found that figures under column ‘encroachment’ in the tweet refers to the number of Waqf board properties encroached upon by others, and not properties illegally encroached by the Waqf board, as claimed in the tweet.

DTNEXT Bureau

A Twitter user recently shared a tweet containing a table of data on Waqf properties in India, and wrote: “6.1 lakh Waqf properties across India reported till January 2020. And, many properties have been illegally encroached across India by Waqf board. Here are details till January 2020.” Alt News ran a check and found that figures under column ‘encroachment’ in the tweet refers to the number of Waqf board properties encroached upon by others, and not properties illegally encroached by the Waqf board, as claimed in the tweet.

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