Misleading message circulating on WhatsApp related to donation for Army’s modernisation: Govt

Apr 27, 2025 09:40 PM IST Misleading message circulating on WhatsApp related to donation for Army’s modernisation: Govt New Delhi, The Ministry of Defence on Sunday cautioned that a “misleading” message is doing the rounds on WhatsApp claiming that the government has opened a bank account seeking donation for modernisation of the Indian Army. Misleading message circulating on WhatsApp related to donation for Army’s modernisation: Govt In a statement, the ministry debunked the message and urged people to “remain cautious and not fall prey to such fraudulent messages”. “There is a misleading message doing the rounds on WhatsApp pertaining to donation to a particular bank account for the modernisation of the Indian Army and for the soldiers injured or killed in action,” the statement said. The message being circulated erroneously quotes a “Cabinet decision” to this effect and invokes the name of actor Akshay Kumar as being the “prime mover” of the proposal, the ministry flagged. “The account details in the said message are wrong, leading to online donations getting dishonoured,” it said. The ministry said the government has “initiated several welfare schemes for soldiers killed or disabled during active combat operations”. “In 2020, the government instituted ‘Armed Forces Battle
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