Fact check: Government debunks India’s claim to attack South Kana Sahib in Pakistan, other false information

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The government debunked the claim on Saturday (May 10, 2025) that India launched a drone attack on Pakistan’s Nankana Sahib Gurdwara.

“The video shared on social media claims that India carried out a drone attack on Nankana Sahib Gurdwara. This claim is totally false,” said the PIB fact-checking department.

It said that such content is circulating to create public hatred in India.

Nankana Sahib is the birthplace of Sikh founder Guru Nanak, Gurdwara is a respected shrine and pilgrimage center for Sikhs.

The government also dismissed certain “fake” certain social media posts, claiming that an Indian pilot ejected from a fighter plane in his Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK), while a female Air Force pilot was arrested in Pakistan.

The government also debunked claims that Pakistan has dysfunctional India’s power grid amid cyberattacks and that Mumbai-Dilly Airlines has temporarily shut down.

“These claims are false,” the government said.

It said the Airport Authority of India (AAI) has expanded temporary closures of 25 partial Air Transport Services (ATS) routes in the flight information zones in Delhi and Mumbai due to operational reasons.

The government also said an old video showing Indian soldiers crying was actually young people from a private defense coaching center celebrating their choice in the army.

The PIB fact-check department said the video was uploaded on Instagram on April 27 and had nothing to do with the Army.

It said: “The video depicts students from a private defense coaching academy celebrating their choice of Indian troops. The young people in the video were reportedly excited with joyful interest when they received the news of a successful recruitment.”

The government also debunked the report in a portion of foreign media, which had 10 explosions around Srinagar Airport on Friday (May 9, 2025) and a separate claim on the explosion near Jaipur Airport.

“These claims are false. Rely on official sources to obtain real information only,” a government official said.

The PIB fact-checking department also said the claims on social media about sabotaging Indian Army posts were wrong and that videos shared in this regard date back to 2020.

It said: “The video is old and has nothing to do with any activity after the Sindoor operation. The video was originally uploaded to YouTube on November 15, 2020.”