Photo Of Kerala Bungalow Peddled With Fake Anti-Reservation Spin
By Srijit Das A photo of a bungalow in Aranmula, Kerala is being shared with the false claim that it shows a house owned by a person who used caste-based reservations to get into elite educational institutions and amass wealth. The post goes on to claim that the person studied at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) while giving it an anti-reservation spin. BOOM found that the viral claim is false. We spoke to the former owner of the property who ran a homestay at the place and he denied the viral claim clarifying that neither he nor the current o...