{"id":119384,"date":"2022-05-31T16:52:38","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T11:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=119384"},"modified":"2022-05-31T16:52:38","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T11:22:38","slug":"2014-image-of-nikhat-zareen-taking-cheque-of-50-lakh-from-cm-k-chandrasekhar-rao-shared-after-her-victory-in-world-boxing-chanpionship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/2014-image-of-nikhat-zareen-taking-cheque-of-50-lakh-from-cm-k-chandrasekhar-rao-shared-after-her-victory-in-world-boxing-chanpionship\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Telangana CM hand Rs 50 lakh cheque to Nikhat Zareen after recent win?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Indian boxer Nikhat Zareen has brought laurels to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/hindi\/india-61589729\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">India globally by winning the gold medal<\/a> in the Women\u2019s World Boxing Championship. Nikhat won the gold medal in the 52kg category. Amidst this backdrop, her photo with Telangana Chief Minister, K. Chandrashekar Rao, has gone viral. In the picture, Rao is giving a cheque to Nikhat Zareen. The picture is being shared alongside the claim that the Chief Minister of Telangana gave a reward of Rs 50 lakh to Nikhat.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0924\u0947\u0932\u0902\u0917\u093e\u0928\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u092e\u0941\u0916\u093c\u094d\u092f\u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0915\u0947 K \u091a\u0902\u0926\u094d\u0930\u0936\u0947\u0916\u0930 \u0930\u093e\u0935 \u0928\u0947 \u092c\u0949\u0915\u094d\u0938\u093f\u0902\u0917 \u092e\u0947 \u0917\u094b\u0932\u094d\u0921 \u092e\u0947\u0921\u0932 \u091c\u093f\u0924\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0940 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nikhat_zareen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nikhat_zareen<\/a> \u0928\u093f\u0916\u0924 \u0915\u094b \u092a\u091a\u093e\u0938 \u0932\u093e\u0916 \u0907\u0928\u093e\u092e \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e \ud83d\udc90 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vbxQrLQDbG\">pic.twitter.com\/vbxQrLQDbG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shakur Khan Aimim (@ShakurK72498965) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShakurK72498965\/status\/1529788419953463297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Twitter handle \u2018@ARajesh_SP\u2019 tweeted this picture with the same claim. (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220527090639\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/ARajesh_SP\/status\/1529812961153363968?t=uwD4HXaU5TIYgwhp3IpHOQ&amp;s=19\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0924\u0947\u0932\u0902\u0917\u093e\u0928\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u092e\u0941\u0916\u093c\u094d\u092f\u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0915\u0947 K \u091a\u0902\u0926\u094d\u0930\u0936\u0947\u0916\u0930 \u0930\u093e\u0935 \u0928\u0947 \u092c\u0949\u0915\u094d\u0938\u093f\u0902\u0917 \u092e\u0947 \u0917\u094b\u0932\u094d\u0921 \u092e\u0947\u0921\u0932 \u091c\u093f\u0924\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0940 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nikhat_zareen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nikhat_zareen<\/a> \u0928\u093f\u0916\u0924 \u0915\u094b \u092a\u091a\u093e\u0938 \u0932\u093e\u0916 \u0907\u0928\u093e\u092e \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e, \u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u0938\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u094b \u091a\u0941\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0942 \u092d\u0930 \u092a\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0921\u0942\u092c \u091c\u093e\u0928\u093e \u091a\u093e\u0939\u093f\u090f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bcLOckRsSk\">pic.twitter.com\/bcLOckRsSk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rajesh SP (@ARajesh_SP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ARajesh_SP\/status\/1529812961153363968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Many other users have tweeted this picture with the same claim. (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AamirAzamU\/status\/1529787325869195265?t=F6sZb_4p13I4UzaLOl-sLA&amp;s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link 1<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/c\/Users\/Admin\/Desktop\/2022-05-27%2014_37_04-(3)%20Jahirmiya%20Bagwan@21.4K%20on%20Twitter_%20_%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%20K%20%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%B0%20.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link 2<\/a>, <a 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target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">viral <\/a>on Facebook with the same claim.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-119385 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/word-image-119384-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/word-image-119384-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/word-image-119384-1-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/word-image-119384-1-768x347.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Alt News found this image in a 2014 Facebook post using a simple reverse image search. Asaduddin Owaisi posted this picture on his Facebook page on August 16, 2014. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Asaduddinowaisi\/photos\/a.216569781743774\/713606472040100\/?__tn__=%2CO*F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to the post<\/a>, Rao had given Rs 50 lakh to boxer Nikhat Zareen in Hyderabad on the occasion of August 15.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-119386 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/word-image-119384-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/word-image-119384-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/word-image-119384-2-300x104.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/word-image-119384-2-768x267.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The picture was also published by Deccan Chronicle on August 16, 2014. According to the article, Nikhat was given a check of Rs 50 lakhs after winning the gold medal at the World Youth Boxing Championships.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-119387 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/word-image-119384-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"983\" height=\"861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/word-image-119384-3.jpg 983w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/word-image-119384-3-300x263.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/word-image-119384-3-768x673.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 983px) 100vw, 983px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.siasat.com\/news\/cm-present-50-lakh-boxer-nikhat-zareen-independence-day-623283\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Siasat Daily<\/a> also published a report on August 15, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, Nikhat Zareen\u2019s picture going viral with K. Chandrashekar Rao is from the year 2014. It has been shared recently after she won a gold medal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian boxer Nikhat Zareen has brought laurels to India globally by winning the gold medal in the Women\u2019s World Boxing Championship. Nikhat won the gold medal in the 52kg category. Amidst this backdrop, her photo with Telangana Chief Minister, K. Chandrashekar Rao, has gone viral. In the picture, Rao is giving a cheque to Nikhat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":119393,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[664],"class_list":["post-119384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-photos","an_content_type-fact-check"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/compare-2-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119384"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119421,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119384\/revisions\/119421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119384"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=119384"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=119384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}