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DeTect: Mock drill in jail shared as COVID-19 footage

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Chennai

A video of a man lying on the ground, coughing and asking for water, while being surrounded by policemen has now gone viral. It has been shared with the message, “An official of Bhagalpur jail infected with corona.” Alt News received requests to fact-check the video. It found that it was Dainik Jagran that had actually published a story about a mock drill to rescue a patient in Bhagalpur Central Jail. This video had been shared with a false claim.

First published on www.altnews.in

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