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FACTLYPolitics & government

ప్రధానమంత్రి నరేంద్ర మోదీ, హోం మంత్రి అమిత్ షా ఇటీవల జనసేన అధినేత పవన్ కళ్యాణ్‌ను కలిసేందుకు ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్‌కు వచ్చారు. పవన్ కళ్యాణ్‌పై రోజా చేసిన విమర్శలకు రేణు దేశాయి ఘాటుగా స్పందించారు

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

FACTLYPolitics & government

Photo of SP leader Azam Khan with a shaved head. He shaved his head in memory of Mulayam Singh Yadav

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerns a shared photo said to show Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan with a shaved head in memory of former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav. FACTLY reports that it compared the circulated image with an uncropped version found in news coverage. In that original image, Khan has hair; the shaved-head appearance in the shared image is edited. The article also says another view of Khan is available in a tweet by Akhilesh Yadav, from which news agencies had picked up the photo. [S1: “When we searched with keywords on the internet, many news articles with an uncropped version of the photo were found in the search results. The original version of the photo can be found in the ‘Hindustan Times’ article with the title – “‘Get well soon’: Akhilesh Yadav meets ailing Azam Khan in Delhi hospital”. In the original photo, there is hair on Azam Khan’s head.”] The article’s chronology also contradicts the claim’s explanation for the supposed shaved head. It places the photo in June 2022, while Yadav died in October 2022. Thus, the image FACTLY examined predates the event the claim says prompted Khan to shave his head. [S1: “Also, the photo was taken in June 2022 whereas Mulayam Singh Yadav passed away in October 2022.”] Together, the comparison with the uncropped image and the chronology support the finding that the circulated photo was altered and does not show Khan shaving his head in response to Yadav’s death. The supplied excerpt does not provide further image-forensics details, so the explanation is limited to the comparison and dates it reports. [S1: “The posted photo is an edited one. In the original photo, Azam Khan is not seen with a shaved head.”]