{"id":117951,"date":"2022-05-11T15:12:59","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T09:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=117951"},"modified":"2022-05-11T15:12:59","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T09:42:59","slug":"old-photo-of-amit-shah-with-ias-pooja-singhal-who-is-under-ed-probe-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-photo-of-amit-shah-with-ias-pooja-singhal-who-is-under-ed-probe-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"Old photo of Amit Shah with IAS Pooja Singhal, who is under ED probe, viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An image of BJP president Amit Shah and IAS officer Pooja Singhal has gone viral. Social media users are claiming that it was taken days before the Enforcement Directorate <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/1522587354967715845\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">raided several locations<\/a> linked to Singhal on May 6, 2022, and recovered cash worth Rs 19.31 crores.<\/p>\n<p>Director Avinash Das claimed that the image was shot a few days prior to the raid. His tweet garnered 28,000 likes and almost 6,000 retweets.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0918\u0930 \u0938\u0947 \u0915\u0930\u094b\u0921\u093c\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u093e \u0915\u0948\u0936 \u092a\u0915\u0921\u093c\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0938\u0947 \u0925\u094b\u0921\u093c\u0947 \u0926\u093f\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u092a\u0939\u0932\u0947 \u092a\u0942\u091c\u093e \u0938\u093f\u0902\u0918\u0932 \u0915\u0940 \u090f\u0915 \u0924\u0938\u094d\u0935\u0940\u0930\u0964 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X4dlyf1UNq\">pic.twitter.com\/X4dlyf1UNq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Avinash Das (@avinashonly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/avinashonly\/status\/1523114250620702722?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Activist Himmat Singh Gurjar also shared the same image on Twitter with the same claim.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0918\u0930 \u0938\u0947 \u0915\u0930\u094b\u0921\u093c\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u093e \u0915\u0948\u0936 \u092a\u0915\u0921\u093c\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0938\u0947 \u0925\u094b\u0921\u093c\u0947 \u0926\u093f\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u092a\u0939\u0932\u0947 IAS \u092a\u0942\u091c\u093e \u0938\u093f\u0902\u0918\u0932 \u0915\u0940 \u090f\u0915 \u0924\u0938\u094d\u0935\u0940\u0930 \u092f\u0947 \u092d\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u0902.!<\/p>\n<p>\u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0915\u0948\u0936 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092c\u0901\u091f\u0935\u093e\u0930\u093e \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0939\u0941\u0906 \u0907\u0938\u0932\u093f\u090f \u0930\u0947\u0921 \u0921\u093e\u0932\u0940.? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/waTZplNYKx\">pic.twitter.com\/waTZplNYKx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 HIMMAT SINGH GURJAR -\u0939\u093f\u092e\u094d\u092e\u0924 \u0938\u093f\u0902\u0939 \u0917\u0941\u0930\u094d\u091c\u0930 (@himmatsinghgur1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/himmatsinghgur1\/status\/1523145752687521794?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This image was widely shared on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-117953\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/9gxHzk2v.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1023\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/9gxHzk2v.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/9gxHzk2v-300x115.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/9gxHzk2v-768x294.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 1023px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>A lot of social media users <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jwalamukhi1008\/status\/1523208164849508352\">claimed<\/a> that the viral image is not recent but was instead taken in 2017 in Ranchi. Upon further research, Alt News found that the image was taken during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DdogFKwLXn0&amp;t=808s\">Garib Kalyan Mela<\/a> which was held on September 16, 2017 in Ranchi. Amit Shah and Pooja Singhal were both present at the event and they were pictured wearing identical attires as is seen in the viral image. (Amit Shah and Pooja Singhal can also be seen together from 29:34 in the video below.)<\/p>\n<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DdogFKwLXn0]<\/p>\n<p>There are several images from the Garib Kalyan Mela 2017 on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.in\/photos\/amit-shah-garib-kalyan-mela?assettype=image&amp;begindate=2017-09-14&amp;enddate=2017-09-16&amp;family=editorial&amp;phrase=amit%20shah%20garib%20kalyan%20mela&amp;recency=daterange&amp;sort=mostpopular\">Getty Images<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-117956\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1072\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-5.jpg 1072w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-5-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-5-1024x570.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-5-768x428.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1072px) 100vw, 1072px\" \/><br \/>\nAlt News compared stills from the event and the viral image.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-117951 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-photo-of-amit-shah-with-ias-pooja-singhal-who-is-under-ed-probe-viral\/add-a-heading-14\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"944\" height=\"592\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Add-a-heading-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-117961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Add-a-heading-1.jpg 944w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Add-a-heading-1-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Add-a-heading-1-768x482.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 944px) 100vw, 944px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-117961'>\n\t\t\t\tPicture from Getty Images \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-photo-of-amit-shah-with-ias-pooja-singhal-who-is-under-ed-probe-viral\/add-a-heading-13\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"944\" height=\"591\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Add-a-heading.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-117959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Add-a-heading.jpg 944w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Add-a-heading-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Add-a-heading-768x481.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 944px) 100vw, 944px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-117959'>\n\t\t\t\tScreengrab at time stamp 29:49 from the YouTube video of the event uploaded by the offical BJP channel\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-photo-of-amit-shah-with-ias-pooja-singhal-who-is-under-ed-probe-viral\/add-a-heading-1-5\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Add-a-heading-1-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-117963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Add-a-heading-1-2.jpg 736w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Add-a-heading-1-2-294x300.jpg 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-117963'>\n\t\t\t\tViral Image\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>It can be observed that both the individuals are wearing identical attires as seen in the viral image.<\/p>\n<p>Hence it is evident that an old picture of Amit Shah and IAS officer Pooja Singhal from the Garib Kalyan Mela 2017 was circulated with the false claim that it was taken recently, days before several locations linked to IAS officer Singhal were raised by the ED in a money laundering case, and cash worth Rs 19.31 crores was recovered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image of BJP president Amit Shah and IAS officer Pooja Singhal has gone viral. Social media users are claiming that it was taken days before the Enforcement Directorate raided several locations linked to Singhal on May 6, 2022, and recovered cash worth Rs 19.31 crores. Director Avinash Das claimed that the image was shot [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":118040,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[706],"class_list":["post-117951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-photos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Old photo of Amit Shah with IAS Pooja Singhal, who is under ED probe, viral - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Old photo of Amit Shah with IAS Pooja Singhal, who is under ED probe, viral - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An image of BJP president Amit Shah and IAS officer Pooja Singhal has gone viral. 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