Don't Believe the screenshot! Sehwag NEVER said this

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A screenshot of a tweet by a famous celebrity is going viral on Facebook.
According to the picture, the tweet is by Indian cricket Virender Sehwag. The tweet reads-  “सालाना जनता के करोड़ो रूपये सोखने वाले AMU और JNU से अच्छे तो सरकारी स्कूल हैं, जो फौजी पैदा करते हैं गद्दार नहीं | ”

At the time of the fact check, the post had over 62,000 shares.
FACT CHECK
As you can see, the picture in the post appears to be a screenshot of Virender Sehwag’s Twitter handle.
However, in the screenshot, you can see the username is – @VirendraSehvag and the account is not a verified one.
Whereas Sehwag’s Twitter handle is @virendersehwag and it is a verified account.

Moreover, when you search for the ‘@VirenderSehvag’ on Twitter, you will find that the handle does not exist.

So, we can say that this is a fake screenshot.

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