Interpol fake notice against Union Home Minister Amit Shah

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What is the claim?

A picture allegedly released by the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) is going viral on social media, in which the picture and name of Union Home Minister Amit Shah is present. It is being claimed that Amit Shah has been put in “Interpol’s wanted list”.

This claim was recently made by a Canadian government minister. allegations It has come to light that Amit Shah had ordered to target Sikh separatists in Canada. India has since denied the allegations answer Calling them “absurd and baseless”.

The viral image has “Interpol Wanted” written at the top, along with the name “Amit Anilchandra Shah”, age “60” and claims that he is wanted by “Canada” for “conspiracy to murder”.

While sharing the picture, an “Shah is in trouble after minister accused him of authorizing assassination campaign against Canadian Sikh citizens.” Archived versions of this post and other posts Here, Here, Here, Here, Here And Here Can be seen.

Screenshots of viral posts. (Source: X/Screenshot)

However, we did not find any evidence that Interpol has issued any such ‘wanted’ notice against Amit Shah.

what the FAC?

we related keywords We searched through the internet, but could not find any credible report confirming that Interpol has issued a ‘wanted’ notice against Amit Shah.

We checked all the social media accounts of Interpol and did not find any such notice. We Interpol Also checked about the red notice issued by Amit Shah on its website, but did not find any report or notice in the name of Amit Shah. According to the website, a Red Notice is a request to law enforcement around the world to locate and temporarily arrest an individual pending extradition, surrender or similar legal action. Us yellow notice Amit Shah’s name was not found even under this.

Additionally, we found that some, including a 2019 report results Shah’s name was mentioned in them, but none of them mentioned his arrest or the issue of notice, which shows that the viral notice is fake.

Screenshot of keyword search on Interpol website. (Source: Interpol/Screenshot)

What flaws did we find?

We noticed some differences between the viral image and the actual notice published by Interpol.

of 2019 real interpol In the notice, the person’s last name is written in capital letters, while the name of the country and other details are written in sentence-case format. In contrast, in the viral picture the name of the country is written in capital letters, while the last name is in title caps. Apart from this, the reason for being wanted in the viral picture is written in title caps, whereas it is not so in the actual Interpol notice.

Comparison between the viral image and an actual Interpol ‘wanted’ notice. (Source: X/Interpol/Screenshot)

In addition, Interpol has facebook And x account (archive Here And Here) Recent social media posts from 2024 posted on Twitter reveal that the red notice format Now it is different.

Screenshot of the latest red notice. (Source: X:Interpol/Screenshot)

india-canada dispute

On October 14, 2024, Canada expelled several top Indian diplomats from the country, this Blame Alleging that he was a ‘person of interest’ in the murder of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia in June 2023. answer In 2017, India also expelled six Canadian diplomats, describing the action as ‘baseless targeting’ of Indian officials.

Canadian officials have claimed that they have shared with Indian authorities evidence that Indian government agents were involved in Nijjar’s murder. Indian officials have described such allegations as absurd and have denied that any evidence has been shared with them.

decision

The viral picture showing Indian Home Minister Amit Shah wanted by Interpol is fake. No news reports support the claim that Amit Shah has been added to the wanted list, and there is no record of any such notice on Interpol’s official website.

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