{"id":22587,"date":"2018-11-15T22:46:11","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T17:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=22587"},"modified":"2018-11-15T22:46:11","modified_gmt":"2018-11-15T17:16:11","slug":"photo-of-congress-leader-misused-and-linked-to-prostitution-racket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/photo-of-congress-leader-misused-and-linked-to-prostitution-racket\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo of Congress leader misused and linked to prostitution racket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>&#8220;\u092e\u0927\u094d\u092f\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0915\u093e\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938 \u0928\u0947\u0924\u093e \u0936\u092c\u093e\u0928\u093e \u0938\u093e\u0930\u093e \u0905\u0932\u0940 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u0918\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091a\u0932\u093e\u0924\u0940 \u0925\u0940 \u092c\u0948\u0936\u092f\u093e\u0935\u0930\u0924\u0940 \u0915\u093e \u0927\u0902\u0927\u093e\u0964 \u092a\u0941\u0932\u093f\u0938 \u0915\u0940 \u0930\u0947\u0921 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092a\u0915\u0921\u0940 \u0917\u0947\u0908 \u0916\u0941\u0926 \u092d\u0940 \u0914\u0930 \u0905\u0928\u094d\u092f\u0964<\/em> <em>(Madhya Pradesh Congress leader Shabana Sara Ali was running a prostitute ring from home. Police raid caught her and others),&#8221;<\/em> read a post circulated on Facebook group\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/NARENDRAMODI31\/permalink\/3207144945975782\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;We Support Narendra Modi&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0and was shared over 2,000 times. The aforestated caption was affixed to two images &#8211; the one on the top portrayed the alleged racket, while the bottom image was of a Congress member. The post was circulated on November 14 at 3:05 PM by one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ridhi.pathania.96?fref=gs&amp;__tn__=%2CdC-R-R&amp;eid=ARB5UVLB7tC87ZqESqlIOm4FM9uooK7MHZ0kLnpStHTFDcUO9tx14z6QTnWjafZYmrFrGqdWun3e7jdy&amp;hc_ref=ARQeq6vHn2X2Hc-WJS4YVtLSc57YrQGXSyCIvMsRudqVsBobfMf8Jhn3E2hMPIwMwoQ&amp;dti=360912253932413&amp;hc_location=group\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Riddhi Pathania<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22598 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/riddhi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"574\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/riddhi.jpg 574w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/riddhi-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/riddhi-409x420.jpg 409w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News found that the post on &#8216;We Support Narendra Modi&#8217; was the earliest instance of the claim on social media.\u00a0Within minutes, it was circulated on two other Facebook groups &#8211; &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/406734249738268\/permalink\/525883601156665\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I Am With JAMMU&#8217;S HINDUS \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 100 \u092e\u093f\u0924\u094d\u0930\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u091c\u094b\u095c\u0947\u0902<\/a>&#8216; and &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/423510124369933\/permalink\/1985057174881879\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u090f\u0915 \u0915\u0926\u092e \u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0941 \u0930\u093e\u0937\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930 \u0915\u0940 \u0913\u0930<\/a>&#8216; (One step toward Hindu Rashtra) &#8211; drawing a share count of over 1,300. On both these groups, the post was circulated by one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/406734249738268\/permalink\/525883601156665\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Suchi Devi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Identical claims were also made by Facebook page\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/modiworriers\/posts\/692869874428135?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARCOJ0-Eg45uISHPxwG2iAXNgwvvJ5cT5E0QIpjAI4-gUj61rewP94JidTgHH3y7jcHnenG8Qa_bgiaaeEZH0rzs-rUiwF0uuaa9RQJ4LQMNHJkrK9HWOds6hagf7BR6aMGC_m9Xwkllqk4JMUuiR0YOzONSYDhkWar0i_WInv1uwrhfgmcaT5lucDn4Av1PGEjQWopw1_-X9YhceYUCYp4regyqlUH3WkqG73g_iGz3sLwi7KbJBVHIq4fuy5gRzYKd0tkd2sYWgje3EDG-GABWbz0A_pG-0tTsJXXONuzNBL5xx_P6bNo5Ak3LAygcAaw&amp;__tn__=-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Modi mission 2019&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0however, the post owned its virality to individual shares.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Viral posts claim Congress worker &#039;Shabana Ali&#039; arrested for running prostitute ring at home\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/300952654?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The same narrative of a Congress MP leader caught in a prostitution raid was propagated on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MukeshS96368461\/status\/1062885692072714241\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> as well, with a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/skjawla80\/status\/1062734283939278848\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">user<\/a> followed by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal&#8217;s Office sharing the post.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Image from China used to malign a fictional Congress leader\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Alt News reverse searched the alleged image of the racket, which led us to a website called <a href=\"https:\/\/beijingimpact.com\/society\/2336-wenzhou-police-raid-on-call-girls-in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Beijing News&#8217;<\/a>.\u00a0On September 13, 2012, the website published an <a href=\"https:\/\/beijingimpact.com\/society\/2336-wenzhou-police-raid-on-call-girls-in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a> titled &#8211; &#8216;Wenzhou Police Raid On Call Girls In Hotel 2012&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22595 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/bei.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"862\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/bei.png 862w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/bei-300x141.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/bei-768x360.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/bei-696x326.png 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 862px) 100vw, 862px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The report included both the viral image and its shot from a different angle.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22593 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/viral-e1542279175123.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/viral-e1542279175123.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/viral-e1542279175123-300x101.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/viral-e1542279175123-768x257.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/viral-e1542279175123-1024x343.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/viral-e1542279175123-696x233.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/viral-e1542279175123-1068x358.jpeg 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Moreover, when Alt News contacted Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi, she informed that the party has no officer-bearer by the name of &#8216;Shabana Sara Ali&#8217; in Madhya Pradesh.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Image of Congress worker Gurpreet Kaur used as &#8216;Shabana Sara Ali&#8217;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Chaturvedi added that an image of her colleague from Congress Mumbai, Maharashtra was being used to circulate the false information.\u00a0<em>&#8220;It is so unfortunate that these fake news handles supported by the BJP are first giving a Muslim identity to the perpetrator and second, maligning the image of a Congress worker, Gurpreet Kaur Chadha, by using her photograph,&#8221; <\/em>said Chaturvedi.<\/p>\n<p>Chadha is the Vice President of Mumbai Regional Mahila Congress Committee. Stumbling upon posts spreading misinformation in her name, she tweeted out to Mumbai Police and Cyber Crime Branch, Delhi.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I request <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CPMumbaiPolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CPMumbaiPolice<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DCP_CCC_Delhi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DCP_CCC_Delhi<\/a> to kindly take stern action against the people using my pics from google to tarnish my image, This is really a very big crime &amp; any woman can suffer coz of this strange action. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BJP4India?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BJP4India<\/a> Please tell your people to at least respect women. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b3ZZ0pwiof\">pic.twitter.com\/b3ZZ0pwiof<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gurpreet Kaur Chadha (@GurpreetKChadha) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GurpreetKChadha\/status\/1062768191758192640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Alt News found that one of Kaur&#8217;s images was lifted from her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gurpreetkaur.in\/about.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> and used in the viral posts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22594 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/gur.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/gur.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/gur-300x157.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/gur-768x402.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/gur-1024x536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/gur-696x364.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/gur-1068x559.jpeg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/gur-803x420.jpeg 803w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/vivek-tiwari-case-fake-sleazy-photo-circulated-to-malign-tiwari-and-eye-witness-colleague\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fake<\/a>\u00a0images, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/photoshopped-image-circulated-to-malign-inc-candidate-contesting-bypoll-in-bengaluru\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">morphed<\/a> photographs or images shared with an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/delhi-mla-manjinder-sirsa-shares-affectionate-photo-of-nehru-with-his-niece-to-malign-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">altered narrative<\/a>\u00a0are the most\u00a0common tools used to propagate misinformation on social media. With Madhya Pradesh elections around the corner, there is a possibility that the circulation of such posts increases. Alt News had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/may-round-up-the-undeniable-link-between-fake-news-industry-and-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earlier reported<\/a> the undeniable link between fake news industry and elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;\u092e\u0927\u094d\u092f\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0915\u093e\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938 \u0928\u0947\u0924\u093e \u0936\u092c\u093e\u0928\u093e \u0938\u093e\u0930\u093e \u0905\u0932\u0940 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u0918\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091a\u0932\u093e\u0924\u0940 \u0925\u0940 \u092c\u0948\u0936\u092f\u093e\u0935\u0930\u0924\u0940 \u0915\u093e \u0927\u0902\u0927\u093e\u0964 \u092a\u0941\u0932\u093f\u0938 \u0915\u0940 \u0930\u0947\u0921 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092a\u0915\u0921\u0940 \u0917\u0947\u0908 \u0916\u0941\u0926 \u092d\u0940 \u0914\u0930 \u0905\u0928\u094d\u092f\u0964 (Madhya Pradesh Congress leader Shabana Sara Ali was running a prostitute ring from home. Police raid caught her and others),&#8221; read a post circulated on Facebook group\u00a0&#8216;We Support Narendra Modi&#8217;\u00a0and was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":22608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[141],"class_list":["post-22587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","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\/2018\/11\/gurreet-1.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22587","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\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22587"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22607,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22587\/revisions\/22607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22587"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=22587"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=22587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}