FAKE ALERT: Rahul Gandhi’s photo with Pulwama suicide bomber
A photo of Congress President Rahul Gandhi made to appear as if he is standing next to Adil Ahmad Dar, the 22-year-old terrorist who killed at least 38 CRPF jawans in a deadly IED blast yesterday, on February 14, in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, is being shared widely on social media platforms. The caption written in Hindi, posted along with the digitally-manipulated photo, closely translates to, “The one who attacked Indian Army turns out to be Rahul Gandhi’s close aide. Is Congress behind the attack?”…
Facebook user who goes by the name “Nidhi Pathania” posted a set of three photos to a public group named “I am with PM Modi and you?”, out of which the first one is a photo of Gandhi, seen wearing a skull cap, made to look as if he is standing next to the Pulwama suicide bomber, the second one is a photo of Gandhi sitting next to former Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah and the third one is a photo of Dar, the suicide bomber. This post has already been shared over 3,200 times. …
The photo of Gandhi standing beside the suicide bomber is digitally-manipulated. A simple reverse-image search on Google on the digitally-manipulated photo will lead you to the truth. On performing Google reverse-image search, Google automatically fetches keywords “Rahul Gandhi with skull cap”. The results show links to Getty Images, a stock image website, which hosts the original photo which was tampered by fake-news purveyors.…
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SEE ALSO:
- No, 13 Sniffer Dogs Were Not Killed in the Pulwama Terror Attack (Feb 17, 2019, The Quint)
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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/fake-pakistani-child-artist-projected-as-son-of-martyred-indian-army-officer/articleshowprint/67962770.cms - Fact Check: These are not the coffins of Pulwama martyrs (Feb 16, 2019, India Today)
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/pulwama-terror-attack-facebook-post-major-poonia-1457918-2019-02-16 - Fact Check: Did Hardik Patel’s father blast him and praise Modi in this viral video? (Feb 11, 2019, Times of India)
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