The Picture of a Cop Falling at Rajnath Singh’s Feet Is Fake

The picture that was shared on Twitter, is a morphed photo of a 2011 movie, called Kya Yeh Sach Hai

The latest target of fake news was none other than Home Minister Rajnath Singh.

Twitter user @faridapatel shared a picture showing a police officer falling at Home Minister Rajnath Singh's feet, on twitter.

The picture was shared by a number of users including Congress leader Sanjay Jha.

The picture that was shared, is a morphed photo from 2011 film Kya Yeh Sach Hai, by former IPS Officer Yogesh Pratap Singh, who wanted to portray the relationship between police and politics through the movie.

Here's the scene from the original movie:

And here's the morphed photo:

Shortly after it was revealed that the photo was fake, Sanjay Jha deleted his retweet.

Noted. I will delete my RT. @alamgirizvi you should delete this forthwith. It is inappropriate and wrong, and therefore misleading. https://t.co/vvaNqUmfzg

— Sanjay Jha (@JhaSanjay) November 1, 2017

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