A picture is widely being shared on the internet which shows a screengrab of a bulletin by a Hindi news channel Zee News.
In the screengrab, it is being claimed that there will be another lockdown after June 15 and the Ministry of Home Affairs has indicated that the services of trains and flights will be halted.
“15 जून के बाद फिर से हो सकता है सम्पूर्ण लॉकडाउन गृह मंत्रालय ने दिये संकेत , ट्रेन और हवाई सफर पे लगेगा ब्रेक” the caption read in Hindi.
(Translation: There is a possibility of complete lockdown after June 15. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has signalled that train and air travel could be stopped)
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FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the viral post and found it to be fake.
Government sources have confirmed that the post in question is misleading and false.
In fact, the Press Information Bureau (PIB), in a tweet, explicitly clarified that this information is untrue.
दावा: सोशल मीडिया पर फैलाई जा रही एक फोटो में दावा किया जा रहा है कि गृह मंत्रालय द्वारा ट्रेन और हवाई यात्रा पर प्रतिबंध के साथ 15 जून से देश में फिर से पूर्ण लॉकडाउन लागू किया जा सकता है।#PIBFactcheck– यह #Fake है। फेक न्यूज़ फैलाने वाली ऐसी भ्रामक फोटो से सावधान रहें। pic.twitter.com/DqmrDrcvSz
— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) June 10, 2020
Moreover, Zee News also put out a clarification that the viral graphic was not broadcast by the channel and is, in fact, photoshopped.
Moreover, there has been no official statement released by the government yet regarding a possible lockdown post June 15, 2020.
Hence, the above information proves that the post in question is misleading and fake.
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