From death rumours about former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to a false claim that India’s men’s cricket coach Gautam Gambhir saying he would step down, and misinformation around West Bengal’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR), here are the viral fake news items we fact-checked this week.
Several social media users and government agencies have shared an image of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan lying on a bed to claim that he died in judicial custody.
However, the claim is misleading as the image used in the post is from 2022 and not recent. Pakistan's Adiala jail has denied all rumours about Khan's death.
No official announcement about his alleged death has been released as of 28 November.
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A social media post is widely circulating, claiming that former cricketer Gautam Gambhir has announced his decision to step down as head coach of the Indian cricket team. The post carried a screenshot of the alleged statement.
However, the statement is fake as Gambhir has not made any such announcements. There are no credible reports to prove the validity of the claim.
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