India, Nov. 7 -- The Indian Army's fact-check account has named six social media handles for what it called coordinated inauthentic behaviour, after they circulated claims that Chinese forces had defeated Indian troops and advanced nearly 50 km into Arunachal Pradesh.

The six, identified in a post on Saturday, are @SongWeilonzob1, @letmehandleyou1, @_Finding_sarah, @DarkReal09, @War_Updates5 and @sumit_sarkr. The Army said they circulated the same content between 1506 hrs on November 6 and 0146 hrs on November 7.

"Several suspected Pak-sponsored social media accounts are circulating misleading claims that Chinese forces have severely defeated Indian troops, advanced nearly 50 km into Arunachal Pradesh and established PLA control over In...