Did MEA India issue letter offering full cooperation to Australia in Bondi shooting probe? Fact Check
Claim : A letter from the Ministry of External Affairs, India allegedly extends full cooperation to Australia on Bondi Beach shooting Investigation.
Conclusion : The claim is false. The letter is a fabricated document designed to spread misinformation. Official government sources including the Ministry of External Affairs, India has debunked this.
Rating : False — 
A letter is being circulated around social media allegedly issued by the MEA, India which extends “full and unconditional cooperation” in the Bondi Beach shooting investigation in Australia. On December 16, 2025, verified X user ‘RomiAlerts’ shared an image purportedly of a Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) letter dated December 15, 2025.
The post implies the document exemplifies evasive “diplomatic letters offering support without accountability,” linking it to the Sydney incident involving Sajid Akram and his son Naveed Akram. View the post below alongside the letter –
It’s becoming harder to ignore how disinformation ecosystems operate when crises occur. In the Sydney attack case, emerging reports and inconsistencies have raised serious questions, yet instead of transparency and clear condemnation, we see carefully worded diplomatic letters… pic.twitter.com/OGWmlgzwBq
— Romi (@RomiAlerts) December 16, 2025
A mass shooting occurred on December 15, 2025, during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, killing 15 people and injuring 25. Australian police classified it as a terrorist attack inspired by ISIS ideology, marking Australia’s deadliest mass shooting since 1996. According to a report by ABC news, the perpetrators used licensed firearms, with evidence of prior “military-style training” in the Philippines. Sajid Akram, 50, was killed in a police shootout at the scene; his son Naveed, 24 is hospitalized and charged with various offences.
FACT CHECK
DigitEYE India decided to investigate this claim and found that it is false. There has been no such letter issued by the Ministry of External Affairs, India. There are no records of any such letter and official government sources have flagged this as fake document.
Details:
We first checked the official website of MEA India to locate this letter under the press release section. The letter in the claim is dated 15 December 2025 but there has been no notification of this on 15 December on the MEA website. View a screenshot of the statements issued on 15 December, 2025 below –
Extensive searches yield no references to the alleged letter (file no. E/7715-12-2025-RTI), signed by Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri. Moreover, no major news outlets or credible sources have covered this or reported about this incident. While External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar condemned the Bondi attack in remarks on December 16, no formal cooperation letter is referenced. View a section of S. Jaishankar’s remarks below –
Following this, we searched for any official government response and came across an X post by the Press Information Bureau’s fact check unit. The post notes that a “fabricated letter, falsely attributed to the Foreign Secretary, Vikram Misri, is being circulated on social media claiming official directions to the Indian High Commission in Australia to cooperate with Australian authorities in the ongoing investigation.”
A fabricated letter, falsely attributed to the Foreign Secretary, Vikram Misri, is being circulated on social media claiming official directions to the Indian High Commission in Australia to cooperate with Australian authorities in the ongoing investigation #PIBFactCheck:
— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) December 16, 2025
We also came across a post by the MEA fact check unit that has debunked this claim. The post explicitly states : “The letter used in this post is fake.” No such directive was issued by the MEA, and the document aims to push a misleading narrative.
The letter used in this post is fake. https://t.co/z6hSEqCmkW pic.twitter.com/Gaz5fis1ud
— MEA FactCheck (@MEAFactCheck) December 16, 2025
Thus, the claim is false.
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