Fake News! Amazon Is Not Selling Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s Ashes

Many users took to Twitter claiming that former PM Vajpayee’s ashes are being sold on e-commerce giant Amazon.

CLAIM

People on social media claim that e-commerce giant, Amazon is selling former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s ashes.

After the death of Atal ji, the politics which is going to be done by his ash is very tragic.
Traded under the name of Vajpayee to urn has been on the Bharat Ratna received is not an insult to a great personality so what.@amazon@narendramodi @divyaspandana @RahulGandhi pic.twitter.com/KM6TohWzhy

— Abhilash Pati (@Abhilash_INC) August 27, 2018

So now Ashes of late Vajpayee ji are on sale. This can only happen in India. And is even allowed? https://t.co/xDMU9EgATq

— kamaljit sandhu (@kamaljitsandhu) August 30, 2018

The post has been shared by many users on Twitter, including a Bahujan Samaj Party activists Devashish Jarariya who criticised the politics that was being played over Vajpayee’s death.

VERDICT: TRUE OR FALSE?

However, there is no truth to this image.

A simple search on Amazon shows that no product by the name of “Atal Ji’s original ashes” is being sold.

Secondly, the Twitter timeline of a user, @YoYoModi1, reveals that the image has been shared multiple times - with sarcastic comments mocking users for believing in it. The user also admits to sharing the fake image in one of the messages.

Fake h Bhai...Maine hi share Kiya tha

— Yo Yo Modi (@YoYoModi1) August 27, 2018

The message comes along with two images. One image shows the product on Amazon while the other has user reviews.

(With inputs from The Times of India)

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