NEW DELHI: The Indian Army and the govt have debunked a series of reports, especially from Pakistan-sponsored social media accounts, in the last 11 hours that claimed that Chinese forces have “defeated Indian troops and advanced nearly 50 km into Arunachal Pradesh”.Rubbishing these claims, the Indian Army’s official fact-check account on X said on Saturday, ““Several suspected Pak-sponsored social media accounts are circulating misleading claims that Chinese forces have severely defeated Indian troops, advanced nearly 50 km into Arunachal Pradesh and established PLA control over Indian territory.”“Coordinated inauthentic behaviour exposed. These false claims are being amplified in a coordinated manner to promote a misleading anti-Indian Army narrative,” it posted.Identifying the handles spreading the false propaganda, the ministry of electronics & IT (MeitY) said in the same post, “Six handles have been identified as circulating the same content between 1506 hrs on 06 Nov 2026 and 0146 hrs on 07 Nov 2026: @SongWeilonzob1; @letmehandleyou1; @_Finding_sarah; @DarkReal09; @War_Updates5; and @sumit_sarkr.”Exposing the disinformation pattern, the Indian Army described the narrative as a combination of “fabricated military defeat, exaggerated territorial incursion, unsubstantiated PLA control claims and misleading anti-Indian Army narrative. Cautioning the social media users, the Army’s fact-check account urged the public to verify border-related claims through credible and...
NEW DELHI: The Indian Army and the govt have debunked a series of reports, especially from Pakistan-sponsored social media accounts, in the last 11 hours that claimed that Chinese forces have “def...