A social media post accompanying a screenshot of a Facebook post in the name of National Security Advisor Ajit Doval is being shared widely. The post suggests that India should also follow the method of bombing the terrorists like in Israel and Russia, in dealing with terrorism. Through this article let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Ajit Doval’s Facebook post describing an Israeli solution to deal with terrorists.
Fact: NSA Ajit Doval is not active on any social media platforms. The viral message was shared by a random Facebook account being run in Doval’s name and is doing rounds on social media at least since 2016. However there are no reports of Doval expressing views in line with the viral message. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Firstly, this message is not shared by the NSA Ajit Doval. In fact he is not active on any social media platforms. Most likely, this message could have been shared by a random Facebook account being run in Doval’s name.
Also, similar message has been doing rounds on social media in the name of Ajit Doval for many years. The oldest social media post that shared a similar message could be traced back to 2016.
However, we could not find any reports of Ajit Doval expressing similar views with respect to handling terrorism in India in line with the viral message
To sum it up, viral message stating India should deal with terrorists in the Israeli method is wrongly attributed to Ajit Doval.
