{"id":46643,"date":"2019-09-20T16:38:49","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T11:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=46643"},"modified":"2019-09-20T16:38:49","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T11:08:49","slug":"images-of-pakistani-citizen-wearing-gold-jewellery-falsely-shared-as-tirupati-balaji-priest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/images-of-pakistani-citizen-wearing-gold-jewellery-falsely-shared-as-tirupati-balaji-priest\/","title":{"rendered":"Images of Pakistani citizen wearing gold jewellery falsely shared as Tirupati Balaji priest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Photographs of a man covered with gold chains and jewellery are circulating on social media. It is being claimed that the man is a priest at Tirupati Balaji. According to the claim, he has given 125 kg of gold to his three daughters. The set of photographs also includes an image of three women dressed in bridal wear and adorning heavy gold jewellery. <em>&#8220;\u0924\u093f\u0930\u0941\u092a\u0924\u093f \u092c\u093e\u0932\u093e\u091c\u0940 \u092e\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u0902\u0921\u093f\u0924 \u0915\u0940 \u0924\u0940\u0928 \u092c\u0947\u091f\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0940 \u0936\u093e\u0926\u0940 \u0915\u093e \u092b\u094b\u091f\u094b. \u0924\u0940\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u094b\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0917\u0939\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u093e \u092c\u091c\u0928 125Kg \u0939\u0948\u0964&#8221;<\/em>, reads the text blurb placed above a collage of photos in the graphic.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46645\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-19-at-2.41.59-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"395\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-19-at-2.41.59-PM.png 395w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-19-at-2.41.59-PM-203x300.png 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Images of this man are circulating on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A8&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top\/?q=%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A8&amp;epa=FILTERS&amp;filters=eyJycF9jcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lIjoie1wibmFtZVwiOlwiY3JlYXRpb25fdGltZVwiLFwiYXJnc1wiOlwie1xcXCJzdGFydF95ZWFyXFxcIjpcXFwiMjAxOVxcXCIsXFxcInN0YXJ0X21vbnRoXFxcIjpcXFwiMjAxOS0xXFxcIixcXFwiZW5kX3llYXJcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDE5XFxcIixcXFwiZW5kX21vbnRoXFxcIjpcXFwiMjAxOS0xMlxcXCIsXFxcInN0YXJ0X2RheVxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMTktMS0xXFxcIixcXFwiZW5kX2RheVxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMTktMTItMzFcXFwifVwifSJ9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> with an identical claim.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46665\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/2019-09-20-13_44_49-\u0936\u093f\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093e-\u0938\u093f\u0902\u0939-on-Twitter_-_\u0924\u093f\u0930\u0941\u092a\u0924\u093f-\u092c\u093e\u0932\u093e\u091c\u0940-\u092e\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930-\u0915\u0947-\u092a\u0902\u0921\u093f\u0924-\u0915\u0940-\u0924\u0940\u0928\u094b\u0902-\u092c\u0947\u091f\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902-\u0915\u0940-\u0936\u093e\u0926\u0940-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"446\" height=\"732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/2019-09-20-13_44_49-\u0936\u093f\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093e-\u0938\u093f\u0902\u0939-on-Twitter_-_\u0924\u093f\u0930\u0941\u092a\u0924\u093f-\u092c\u093e\u0932\u093e\u091c\u0940-\u092e\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930-\u0915\u0947-\u092a\u0902\u0921\u093f\u0924-\u0915\u0940-\u0924\u0940\u0928\u094b\u0902-\u092c\u0947\u091f\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902-\u0915\u0940-\u0936\u093e\u0926\u0940-.jpg 446w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/2019-09-20-13_44_49-\u0936\u093f\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093e-\u0938\u093f\u0902\u0939-on-Twitter_-_\u0924\u093f\u0930\u0941\u092a\u0924\u093f-\u092c\u093e\u0932\u093e\u091c\u0940-\u092e\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930-\u0915\u0947-\u092a\u0902\u0921\u093f\u0924-\u0915\u0940-\u0924\u0940\u0928\u094b\u0902-\u092c\u0947\u091f\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902-\u0915\u0940-\u0936\u093e\u0926\u0940--183x300.jpg 183w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A 2018 Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/story.php?story_fbid=619121365112916&amp;id=100010451743144\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">post<\/a> by one Meena Kumari has been shared more than 67,000 times so far.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46664\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/2019-09-20-13_41_07-Meena-Kumari-\u0924\u093f\u0930\u0941\u092a\u0924\u093f-\u092c\u093e\u0932\u093e\u091c\u0940-\u092e\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930-\u0915\u0947-\u092a\u0902\u0921\u093f\u0924-\u0915\u0940-\u0924\u0940\u0928-\u092c\u0947\u091f\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902-\u0915\u0940....jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"499\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/2019-09-20-13_41_07-Meena-Kumari-\u0924\u093f\u0930\u0941\u092a\u0924\u093f-\u092c\u093e\u0932\u093e\u091c\u0940-\u092e\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930-\u0915\u0947-\u092a\u0902\u0921\u093f\u0924-\u0915\u0940-\u0924\u0940\u0928-\u092c\u0947\u091f\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902-\u0915\u0940....jpg 499w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/2019-09-20-13_41_07-Meena-Kumari-\u0924\u093f\u0930\u0941\u092a\u0924\u093f-\u092c\u093e\u0932\u093e\u091c\u0940-\u092e\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930-\u0915\u0947-\u092a\u0902\u0921\u093f\u0924-\u0915\u0940-\u0924\u0940\u0928-\u092c\u0947\u091f\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902-\u0915\u0940...-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0Fact-check<\/h2>\n<p>With the help of a reverse image search on Yandex, Alt News found the Facebook page of a Pakistani resident named Amjad Saeed who according to his Facebook bio hails from Rawalpindi and claims to be CEO at Jewellery Mehal. We found multiple images of Amjad Saeed where he is seeing flaunting his jewellery.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46657\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/2019-09-20-11_15_30-Amjad-Saeed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"858\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/2019-09-20-11_15_30-Amjad-Saeed.jpg 858w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/2019-09-20-11_15_30-Amjad-Saeed-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/2019-09-20-11_15_30-Amjad-Saeed-768x697.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The image posted below was uploaded on his Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GoldmanKaka\/status\/1043858985529544704?s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">account<\/a> on September 23, 2018.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"tl\">Gold Man \/ KaKa 222 +923032120222<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoldManKaka222?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GoldManKaka222<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoldMan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GoldMan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoldManPakistan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GoldManPakistan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KaKa222?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KaKa222<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AmjadSaeed?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AmjadSaeed<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JewelleryMehal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JewelleryMehal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/omsknye9kO\">pic.twitter.com\/omsknye9kO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GoldMan Kaka 222 (@GoldmanKaka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GoldmanKaka\/status\/1043858985529544704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He also runs a Facebook page with 28,000 followers named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Goldmankaka222\/?eid=ARCcsyWk0qu4NTd3kncA-ArHknB2gHbP5vMjSIutlsB1OaF7no_XG1h0YYYAAaULBi0HnKcuDCuVTcuO&amp;fref=tag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gold Man\u00a0 \/ Kaka 222<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Goldmankaka222\/videos\/1989497384684505\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/Goldmankaka222\/videos\/1989497384684505\/\"><p>Gold Man Pakistan &#8211; Live Session with Fans<\/p>\n<p>from his Official Social Media Pages<br \/>\nFacebook : www.facebook.com\/goldmankaka222<br \/>\nYou Tube : www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCFUuzGFYBPEkIndbpjZgjOw<br \/>\nInstagram : www.instagram.com\/goldman_kaka<\/p>\n<p>#GoldManKaKa222 #GoldManPakistan #GoldMan #Gold #KaKa222 #TenchBhatta #Rawalpindi #Pakistan #TeamGoldManKaKa222 #Facebook #YouTube #Instagram<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Goldmankaka222\/\">Gold Man \/ Kaka 222<\/a> on Friday, 26 October 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Amjad Saeed got featured in a video report by Pakistani news channel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hwHPhg2ax8Q&amp;fbclid=IwAR2N89GoxdpTWlR3ncKkJ5993ayL6CivExxMEPC58a_nsfFm6F0x91_2T2o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Samaa TV<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sonay Ki Chalti Phirti Kaan | SAMAA TV - 12 October 2018\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hwHPhg2ax8Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the image of three brides wearing heavy ornaments is circulating on the internet for more than three years now. We found the same photo published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/niralishah\/id-rather-get-married-to-food-tbh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>BuzzFeed<\/em><\/a> in an article in\u00a0 April 2016 with a different context. However, we were unable to independently verify the origins of this image.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46670\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/2019-09-20-14_02_16-17-Pictures-That-Will-Make-You-Say-_Me-On-My-Wedding-Day_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"956\" height=\"819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/2019-09-20-14_02_16-17-Pictures-That-Will-Make-You-Say-_Me-On-My-Wedding-Day_.jpg 956w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/2019-09-20-14_02_16-17-Pictures-That-Will-Make-You-Say-_Me-On-My-Wedding-Day_-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/2019-09-20-14_02_16-17-Pictures-That-Will-Make-You-Say-_Me-On-My-Wedding-Day_-768x658.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 956px) 100vw, 956px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, photographs of a Pakistani man wearing gold jewellery has been shared as that of a priest from Tirupati Balaji who gave his daughters 125 Kg gold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photographs of a man covered with gold chains and jewellery are circulating on social media. It is being claimed that the man is a priest at Tirupati Balaji. According to the claim, he has given 125 kg of gold to his three daughters. The set of photographs also includes an image of three women dressed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":46694,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[152],"class_list":["post-46643","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\/2019\/09\/Gold-man-Pakistan-3.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46643","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\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46643"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46724,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46643\/revisions\/46724"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46643"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=46643"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=46643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}