Claim: Photo of crowd disregarding COVID-19 protocols at Danish Siddiqui's funeral.
Fact-check: Photo of a religious procession in Bangladesh is falsely shared as Danish Siddiqui's funeral - FACTLY
Verdict: this photo is from a religious procession from chittagong, bangladesh taken in november 2019, not from danish siddiqui's funeral. danish siddiqui was buried at a cemetery in jamia millia islamia on 18 july 2021. the funeral was attended by hundreds with crowd gathered in proximity even when the police instructed people to follow social distancing norms. danish siddiqui was a pulitzer prize-winning indian photojournalist who was killed in afghanistan when he was working on an assignment for reuters news agency. hence, the claim made in the post is false.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Abhishek Mandadi
Date published: 2021-07-20T10:25:27