{"id":298837,"date":"2025-05-16T18:19:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T12:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=298837"},"modified":"2025-05-16T18:19:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T12:49:24","slug":"false-claim-of-pakistan-captured-air-force-pilot-shivangi-singh-shared-by-pak-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/false-claim-of-pakistan-captured-air-force-pilot-shivangi-singh-shared-by-pak-users\/","title":{"rendered":"IAF pilot Shvangi Singh captured? Govt refutes claims by Pakistani media, social media users"},"content":{"rendered":"

While the armed conflict between India and Pakistan was at its peak, several Pakistani media outlets and social media users claimed that Indian pilot squadron leader Shivangi Singh was captured by the Pakistan Air Force after she had ejected from an Indian fighter jet shot down by the Pakistani Air Force.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pakistan-based media organisation Exact Press International<\/a> shared a picture of Shivangi Singh on its official X handle and claimed that Indian Air Force pilot Squadron Leader Shivangi Singh had been captured. (<\/span>Archived link<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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British influencer Sulaiman Ahmed<\/a>, who describes himself as an investigative journalist and political commentator, shared two images claiming that two Indian pilots had been captured by Pakistan. (<\/span>Archived link<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Pakistani <\/span>X user Wahab Khan<\/span><\/a> posted two separate tweets claiming that Indian pilot Shivangi Singh had been captured<\/a> by Pakistani authorities. (<\/span>Archived link 1<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>link 2<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n