During her historic sortie in the Indian Air Force's Rafale fighter jet on Wednesday, President Droupadi Murmu shared a limelight moment in a photograph with Squadron Leader Shivangi Singh, who was claimed to have been captured during ‘Operation Sindoor’ by a pro-Pakistan social media handle.

The Rafale jets had been used in Operation Sindoor , launched on May 7 to target terror infrastructure in Pakistan-controlled territories, in retaliation for the April 22 terrorist attack in Pahalgam . Also Read | If ‘destroyed runway’ means victory…: India slams Pak at UN

The Press Information Bureau (PIB) had debunked this claim as fake on May 10.

India responded quickly, with the government's fact-check wing clarifying, “Pro-Pakistan social media handles claimed an Indian female Air F

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