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Indian wrestler Geeta Phogat was among those who shared the images. Her tweet drew nearly 5,000 likes at the time of writing this article.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u090f\u0915 \u0939\u0948 \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3\ud83d\ude4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kikeheOKDs\">pic.twitter.com\/kikeheOKDs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 geeta phogat (@geeta_phogat) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/geeta_phogat\/status\/1158668700683243521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From a Facebook page &#8216;Modi Mania&#8217;, the post received over 7,600 likes and 2,300 shares.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1441272692754429\/photos\/a.1651067451774951\/2386148774933478\/?type=3\" data-width=\"350\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/1441272692754429\/photos\/a.1651067451774951\/2386148774933478\/?type=3\"><p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MODI-MANIA-1441272692754429\/\">MODI MANIA<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/1441272692754429\/photos\/a.1651067451774951\/2386148774933478\/?type=3\">Monday, 5 August 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Another page &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hinduhindutvam3\/photos\/a.492402060882514\/2265053180284051\/?type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u0c39\u0c3f\u0c02\u0c26\u0c42 \u0c39\u0c3f\u0c02\u0c26\u0c41\u0c24\u0c4d\u0c35\u0c02 &#8211; Hindu Hindutvam<\/a>&#8216; also shared the photographs. They have been circulated on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jagveerphogat1\/status\/1158409322663071745\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<p>Alt News also received verification requests of the post on its <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.altnews&amp;hl=en_IN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mobile app.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Photoshopped image<\/h2>\n<p>The first clue which debunks the claim is that apart from the flags, nothing else in the images is different. This is most apparent by the placement of cars and the people walking around which is exactly the same in both photographs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-42974 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Untitled-design-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Untitled-design-3.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Untitled-design-3-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Untitled-design-3-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Untitled-design-3-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Untitled-design-3-990x518.png 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Google reverse-image search led us to a 2016 article in\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kashmirnewsobserver.com\/DisplayNews.aspx?id=1214\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kashmir News Observer<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>which carried the same image.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-42950 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/3b6461d1-e61d-424b-a618-e8f23199a2e0.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"568\" height=\"762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/3b6461d1-e61d-424b-a618-e8f23199a2e0.png 568w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/3b6461d1-e61d-424b-a618-e8f23199a2e0-224x300.png 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, an August 4, 2019 report in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jagran.com\/jammu-and-kashmir\/jammu-bjp-dispels-rumour-of-single-flag-hoisting-in-civil-secretariat-19460144.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dainik Jagran<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>published a recent image of the civil secretariat building where the state flag is visible.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-42951 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/ee617583-ebd3-43e0-b2a4-8378877fd47d.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"789\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/ee617583-ebd3-43e0-b2a4-8378877fd47d.png 1422w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/ee617583-ebd3-43e0-b2a4-8378877fd47d-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/ee617583-ebd3-43e0-b2a4-8378877fd47d-768x415.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/ee617583-ebd3-43e0-b2a4-8378877fd47d-1024x553.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/ee617583-ebd3-43e0-b2a4-8378877fd47d-990x535.png 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/ee617583-ebd3-43e0-b2a4-8378877fd47d-1320x713.png 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 789px) 100vw, 789px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The article also quoted BJP Kashmir spokesperson Altaf Thakur who dispelled the rumours.<\/p>\n<p>An associate editor with\u00a0<em>ABP News\u00a0<\/em>Neeraj Rajput tweeted images of the civil secretariat building on August 4 where both the Indian flag and the J&amp;K flag can be seen.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dont go by rumours, both Indian and J&amp;K flags flying on secretariat building in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Srinagar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Srinagar<\/a> today<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kashmir?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kashmir<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z7ymd1dok3\">pic.twitter.com\/Z7ymd1dok3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Neeraj Rajput (@neeraj_rajput) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neeraj_rajput\/status\/1157889482861023233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Social media rumours claiming that the Jammu and Kashmir flag has been removed from the civil secretariat building are thus being furthered using a photoshopped image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A set of two photographs of the Jammu and Kashmir civil secretariat building is floating across social media platforms. 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