Amidst the lockdown enforced due to novel coronavirus pandemic, on Thursday, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) debunked a fake news which claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to drop money from helicopters in every town.
In a tweet, PIB Fact Check wrote, "Claim: Government is going to drop money from helicopters in every town. #PIBFactCheck: Government is going to do no such thing."
PIB conducted the fact check after a Twitter user, Ajay Acharya, tweeted screenshots of the fake news shown on a TV channel. He had written, "Dear @PrakashJavdekar this @publictvnews is telling gullible people that @narendramodi plans to airdrop currency notes from choppers into every village in India. What kind of watchdog is your I&B ministry? Don't you have the spine to break the liars apart?"
Meanwhile, Twitter users had hilarious reactions once the fact check was conducted. "Some #MoneyHeist level imagination in this fake news...," a Twitter user wrote. "Drones would have been more believable. And cool," said another Twitter user.
Here are some of the best reactions:
Meanwhile, India's total number of coronavirus positive cases rose to 12,380 (including 10,477 active cases, 1489 cured/discharged/migrated and 414 deaths), said Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday morning.
