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 picture that went viral on social media, has been proven to be fake

(Photo: Twitter/@faridapatel/Altered by The Quint)

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 original tweet which shared the photo.(Photo Courtesy: Social Media Hoax Slayer

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

(Photo: Screengrab of Sanjay Jha’s tweet)

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:

The original scene from 2011 film, Kya Yeh Sach Hai(Photo Courtesy: Screengrab by Social Media Hoax Slayer)

And here's the morphed photo:

The morphed photo posted on Twitter(Photo Courtesy: Social Media Hoax Slayer)

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

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(This was originally published on Social Media Hoax Slayer and has been republished with permission.)

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