An image of a bus accident in which some people in uniform can be seen standing beside the ill-fated bus is being circulated on social media claiming to be of a recent accident in Meghalaya where 12 jawans were killed.
“आज मेघालय की पहाड़ियों में सेना से भरी बस नीचे गिर गयी लगभग 12 जवानों की आकस्मिक निधन पर,” the text read.
(English Translation: Today, an army bus fell down in the hills of Meghalaya, resulting in the sudden death of about 12 soldiers.)
Here’s the link to the above post.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the post and found it to be misleading.
We ran a search and found several media reports on the incident. According to a report by Northeast Now, on October 30, 2019, a bus carrying 20 BSF jawans fell into a deep gorge in East Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya.
The report also stated that one civilian helper died while 22 others including 20 BSF jawans were injured.
The search also led us to a YouTube video dated November 2, 2019. According to the title, the video was shot when BSF personnel were injured in a bus accident in Meghalaya.
However, during the search, we did not any recent report of any such accident in Meghalaya.
Earlier, NewsMobile had debunked the same post when it was linked to the violent clash that took place between Indian and Chinese soldiers at Galway Valley in Ladakh in June 2020.
https://newsmobile.in/articles/2020/06/30/fact-check-old-video-of-a-bus-accident-re-shared-as-injured-indian-soldiers-in-ladakh/
Hence, from the above fact check, it is clear that the viral image is old and the post is misleading.
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