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PIB Debunks Fake Image Claiming To Be Last Rites Of Rafale Pilot Killed During Operation Sindoor

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Last Updated:May 14, 2025, 22:36 IST

Pakistani accounts shared an representation of a burning pyre, claiming that it shows the past rites of a Rafale aviator of the Indian Air Force who died during Op Sindoor.

PIB fact-checked a fake representation  claiming to beryllium  the ceremonial   of a Rafale pilot. (PIB)

PIB fact-checked a fake representation claiming to beryllium the ceremonial of a Rafale pilot. (PIB)

Misinformation has overwhelmed societal media since India launched anti-terror operations against Pakistan past week, with galore Pakistan-based accounts sharing fake visuals and myths successful a hopeless effort to mislead the nationalist and triumph the communicative war.

This time, Pakistani societal media accounts are sharing an representation of a burning pyre, claiming that it shows the past rites of a Rafale aviator of the Indian Air Force, who died erstwhile India launched Operation Sindoor connected May 7, targeting panic camps successful Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).

The representation rapidly went viral, with unverified handles adjacent providing fake names of the “pilot" and his family. Notably, the Indian Air Force had earlier said that each of its pilots had managed to scope location safely aft the onslaught connected Pakistan’s panic camps.

However, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) Fact Check portion debunked the mendacious claim, saying that it was really an representation from 2008, which was wholly unrelated to the caller India-Pakistan subject conflict.

An aged representation is going viral connected societal media, with galore Pakistan-based accounts claiming that it shows the past rites of a Rafale aviator of the #IndianAirForce who died connected 7 May 2025.#PIBFactCheck❌ This assertion is wholly fake.

✅ The representation is really from 2008 and… pic.twitter.com/bud4awxcRP

— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) May 14, 2025

PIB besides provided a nexus of the archetypal image. The photograph was of radical successful Gujarat paying their respects astatine a wide cremation of 15 schoolhouse girls, who had drowned aft a autobus had plunged into the Narmada canal, connected the banks of Orsang River connected April 16, 2008.

Since the Pahalgam panic onslaught connected April 22, Pakistan has taken to peddling fake quality and misinformation connected societal media to manipulate nationalist perception. While a violent organisation linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) called “The Resistance Front" (TRF) claimed work for the attack, Pakistan has denied engagement successful the incident.

The efforts of the PIB Fact Check portion successful debunking fake quality and dispelling myths person been captious successful helping citizens separate betwixt facts and mendacious information.

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