Unrelated Weapons Seizure Falsely Linked To Delhi Riots

BOOM found that the set of images were unrelated and from 2016 when Gujarat police busted an illegal weapons racket.

Published - 7 March 2020 3:59 PM IST

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"Weapons were found in the house of Tahir Hussain, the so-called peacekeeper of Delhi. This is a picture of a house, Think about how many such houses will be there? Hang the terrorist #Tahir_Husain."

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The images are from 2016 when Gujarat police busted an illegal weapons racket operating out of a hotel and not from suspended Aam Aadmi Party councilor Tahir Hussain's house in North East Delhi. The last photograph of guns lying on the ground is from a ‘kirpan’ factory in Patiala, Punjab according to an India Toady article. The same set of images were earlier viral with the false claim that weapons were seized from a mosque in Gujarat and mosques in Jammu And Kashmir. BOOM had earlier debunked these image on July 24, 2019.

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Claim : Weapons Found In The House Of AAP's Tahir Hussain

Claimed By : Facebook Posts

Fact Check : False

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Unrelated Weapons Seizure Falsely Linked To Delhi Riots

BOOM found that the set of images were unrelated and from 2016 when Gujarat police busted an illegal weapons racket.

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