Edited Image Showing a Disrespectful Hand Gesture Towards PM Modi Goes Viral

This is an edited image. The original image does not show the hand gesture encircled in the viral image.

An image showing a person from the crowd pointing a disrespectful hand gesture towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going viral on social media to mock him.

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What's the truth?: This is an edited image.

• The original image does not show the disrespectful hand gesture.

How did we find out the truth?: We performed a reverse image search on the image using Google reverse image search option.

• This led us to several media outlets like Hindustan Times, Mangalore Today and The Economic Times from 2019 which carried the original and unedited version of the image.

• The image did not include the hand gesture highlighted in the viral image.

• The image has also been credited to news agency Press Trust of India (PTI).

Conclusion: An edited image of PM Modi is going viral to mock the leader.

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