Ali Fazal’s old tweet in support of CAA protests is being shared with a misleading claim - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
October 8, 2020
A post with an image of a tweet by actor Ali Fazal celebrating the Delhi riots is being shared widely on social media. The alleged tweet has the image of IB officer Ankit Sharma’s dead body being pulled out of a drain who was stabbed during the Delhi riots. Through this article let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Ali Fazal’s tweet celebrating Delhi riots. The tweet also shares the image of IB officer Ankit Sharma’s dead body being pulled out of a drain.
Fact: The tweet mentioned in the post is made by the actor in support of the CAA protests back in December 2019. He did not tweet this in the light of Delhi riots or the death of the IB officer as both incidents took place in February 2020. Also, the actor did not share any image along with the tweet. Hence the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
Upon an internet search, we found the archived version of a tweet by Ali Fazal with the same text as in the post. However, the tweet did not carry any image of the dead body of the IB officer and the tweet dates back to 19 December 2019. This shows that he indeed tweeted the same text, but he did not tweet this celebrating the Delhi riots as the Delhi communal riots took place in February 2020.
However, the actor deleted the tweet later. In reply to a twitter user for the deletion of his tweet in the wake of CAA protests, Ali Fazal reasoned his tweet might be used by miscreants to mislead the vulnerable social media users.
To sum it up, Ali Fazal’s tweet was in support of CAA protests but not in celebration of the death of IB officer who was killed during the Delhi riots.