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The claim

Young men were caught by locals for waving the Pakistani flag and handed over to the Baghpat police in Uttar Pradesh.

Original publisher’s rating

FALSE

Reviewed by FACTLY ↗ ·

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Original review summary

The review says the incident occurred on 16 September 2024, when two young men carrying green cloth were accused of displaying a Pakistani flag. Baghpat Police clarified that the cloth was related to Eid-e-Milad, not the Pakistani flag.[S1]

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Sources and attribution

  1. [S1] FACTLY original review

    Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026

Original review: FACTLY. Structured data compiled by Data Commons under CC BY 4.0. Publisher article content is subject to its own terms. Summaries and context are produced by PeakMetrics with AI assistance.

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