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It is being claimed that the member is Aditya Rao, the man who<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/karnataka\/man-who-planted-bag-of-explosives-at-mangaluru-airport-surrenders-says-he-was-frustrated\/article30622069.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> reportedly<\/a> surrendered before the police for planting a bag of explosives at Mangalore International Airport. Shahid Naseer, state executive council member of Popular Front of India (PFI), Karnataka, posted the image and wrote, <em>&#8220;#Mangaluru airport me bomb Rakhne wala dehshat gard aditya RSS ke National leader prabhakar bhat ke sath.&#8221;<\/em> His post drew 2,000 shares on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=2564464083876020&amp;set=a.1392547737734333&amp;type=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>. Naseer had also made the same claim on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shahidgogi2000\/status\/1219907993518538752\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-57057 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/4c711414-8c3f-4a81-aea4-e27a5b5a23a0.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/4c711414-8c3f-4a81-aea4-e27a5b5a23a0.png 498w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/4c711414-8c3f-4a81-aea4-e27a5b5a23a0-181x300.png 181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Twitter handle <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmpoweringGoa\/status\/1220178260480471040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Just a common man @EmpoweringGoa&#8217;<\/a> and a Facebook page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Secularhyderabadi\/posts\/182705006466155?__tn__=-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Secular Hyderabadi&#8217;<\/a> posted the same picture.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-57060 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/27451e91-bc73-4940-94ba-e35da2bbded2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/27451e91-bc73-4940-94ba-e35da2bbded2.png 440w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/27451e91-bc73-4940-94ba-e35da2bbded2-151x300.png 151w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS<\/h2>\n<p>The man photographed with RSS leader Prabhakar Bhat is not Aditya Rao but RSS member Sandeep Lobo. Below is a picture of him with BJP MP Tejasvi Surya which Lobo had uploaded on Facebook two months ago.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=3065660293659603&amp;set=a.1870134876545490&amp;type=3\" data-width=\"250\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=3065660293659603&amp;set=a.1870134876545490&amp;type=3\"><p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sandeep.lobo.79\">Sandeep Lobo<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=3065660293659603&amp;set=a.1870134876545490&amp;type=3\">Wednesday, 4 December 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lobo&#8217;s Facebook profile has several photographs of him (extreme right in the image below) in RSS uniform.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=3115744291984536&amp;set=a.1801857160039929&amp;type=3\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=3115744291984536&amp;set=a.1801857160039929&amp;type=3\"><p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sandeep.lobo.79\">Sandeep Lobo<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=3115744291984536&amp;set=a.1801857160039929&amp;type=3\">Tuesday, 14 January 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>He has also put out a post debunking the misinformation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sandeep.lobo.79\/posts\/3123223374569961\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/sandeep.lobo.79\/posts\/3123223374569961\"><p>\u0c86\u0ca4\u0ccd\u0cae\u0cc0\u0caf \u0cac\u0c82\u0ca7\u0cc1\u0c97\u0cb3\u0cc7,<\/p>\n<p>\u0cae\u0c82\u0c97\u0cb3\u0cc2\u0cb0\u0cc1 \u0cac\u0cbe\u0c82\u0cac\u0ccd \u0caa\u0ccd\u0cb0\u0c95\u0cb0\u0ca3\u0c95\u0ccd\u0c95\u0cc6 \u0cb8\u0c82\u0cac\u0c82\u0ca7\u0cbf\u0cb8\u0cbf\u0ca6\u0c82\u0ca4\u0cc6 \u0ca8\u0ca8\u0ccd\u0ca8\u0ca8\u0ccd\u0ca8\u0cc1 \u0c86\u0cb0\u0ccb\u0caa\u0cbf \u0c8e\u0c82\u0cac\u0c82\u0ca4\u0cc6 \u0ca4\u0ccb\u0cb0\u0cbf\u0cb8\u0cbf \u0cab\u0ccb\u0c9f\u0ccb\u0c97\u0cb3\u0ca8\u0ccd\u0ca8\u0cc1 \u0c85\u0ca5\u0cb5\u0cbe \u0cb8\u0c82\u0ca6\u0cc7\u0cb6\u0c97\u0cb3\u0ca8\u0ccd\u0ca8\u0cc1 \u0cb5\u0cbf\u0ca8\u0cbf\u0cae\u0caf&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sandeep.lobo.79\">Sandeep Lobo<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/sandeep.lobo.79\/posts\/3123223374569961\">Wednesday, 22 January 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>BJP Dakshin Karnataka has uploaded a picture of Lobo filing a complaint with the police against false social media posts claiming that he is Mangaluru airport bomb suspect Aditya Rao.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BJPDakshinaKannadaOfficial\/posts\/1352768538239075\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/BJPDakshinaKannadaOfficial\/posts\/1352768538239075\"><p>\u0cb8\u0cbe\u0cae\u0cbe\u0c9c\u0cbf\u0c95 \u0c9c\u0cbe\u0cb2\u0ca4\u0cbe\u0ca3\u0c97\u0cb3\u0cb2\u0ccd\u0cb2\u0cbf \u0cae\u0c82\u0c97\u0cb3\u0cc2\u0cb0\u0cc1 \u0cb5\u0cbf\u0cae\u0cbe\u0ca8 \u0ca8\u0cbf\u0cb2\u0ccd\u0ca6\u0cbe\u0ca3\u0ca6\u0cb2\u0ccd\u0cb2\u0cbf \u0cac\u0cbe\u0c82\u0cac\u0ccd \u0c87\u0c9f\u0ccd\u0c9f \u0c86\u0cb0\u0ccb\u0caa\u0cbf \u0c8e\u0c82\u0ca6\u0cc1 \u0caa\u0cc1\u0ca4\u0ccd\u0ca4\u0cc2\u0cb0\u0cbf\u0ca8 \u0cac\u0cbf\u0c9c\u0cc6\u0caa\u0cbf\u0caf \u0c95\u0cbe\u0cb0\u0ccd\u0caf\u0c95\u0cb0\u0ccd\u0ca4 \u0cb8\u0c82\u0ca6\u0cc0\u0caa\u0ccd \u0cb2\u0ccb\u0cac\u0cca \u0c87\u0cb0\u0cc1\u0cb5&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BJPDakshinaKannadaOfficial\/\">BJP Dakshina Kannada<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/BJPDakshinaKannadaOfficial\/posts\/1352768538239075\">Wednesday, 22 January 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>A comparison of the facial features of Lobo and Rao makes it evident that they are not the same person. Speaking with\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boomlive.in\/fake-news\/bjp-members-photo-viral-as-mangaluru-airport-bomb-suspect-6638\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boomlive,<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>Lobo said that he is an active RSS worker and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He works with the party&#8217;s IT cell in the Dakshina Kannada wing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-57068 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/Custom-dimensions-1200x628-px.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/Custom-dimensions-1200x628-px.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/Custom-dimensions-1200x628-px-300x157.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/Custom-dimensions-1200x628-px-1024x536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/Custom-dimensions-1200x628-px-768x402.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/Custom-dimensions-1200x628-px-990x518.jpeg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A photograph of RSS member Sandeep Lobo is thus being misused to propagate the false claim that he is Aditya Rao, the man who reportedly surrendered before the police for planting a bag of explosives at Mangaluru international airport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photograph of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Prabhakar Bhat with a member of the organisation is widely circulating across social media platforms. 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