Guwahati: Six handles, 11 hours: Army flags Pak-backed fake China incursion campaign

Guwahati: The Indian Army and the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) have flagged a coordinated social media campaign claiming that Chinese forces had “severely defeated” Indian troops, advanced nearly 50 km into Arunachal Pradesh and established control over Indian territory, describing the claims as false. The Army’s official factcheck account said suspected Pakistan-sponsored social media accounts were circulating the claims in a coordinated manner to push a misleading anti-Indian Army narrative. “Several suspected Pak-sponsored social media accounts are circulating misleading claims that Chinese forces have severely defeated Indian troops, advanced nearly 50 km into Arunachal Pradesh and established…