{"id":73944,"date":"2020-08-25T22:30:27","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T17:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=73944"},"modified":"2020-08-25T22:30:27","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T17:00:27","slug":"fact-check-image-of-ambassador-sangita-bahadur-cutting-tricolor-cake-shared-as-facebook-public-policy-director-ankhi-das","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-image-of-ambassador-sangita-bahadur-cutting-tricolor-cake-shared-as-facebook-public-policy-director-ankhi-das\/","title":{"rendered":"No, this is not Facebook&#8217;s Ankhi Das cutting tricoloured cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two pictures of a lady cutting a tricoloured cake are widely shared on social media. It is being claimed that she is Facebook India\u2019s Public Policy Director, Ankhi Das, disrespecting the national flag. Das has been in the news after an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/facebook-hate-speech-india-politics-muslim-hindu-modi-zuckerberg-11597423346\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">investigative report<\/a> published by The Wall Street Journal revealed that she blocked applying Facebook&#8217;s hate speech rules to Hindu nationalists and leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).<\/p>\n<p>Many users said that if an Indian Muslim had cut a tricoloured cake, the act would\u2019ve received immense outrage and condemnation. Facebook user Abdul Najeeb Khan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/abdulnajib.khan\/posts\/1950020808462364\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared<\/a> these pictures with the same claim, which was shared 3,300 times. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/0skfr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-73951 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2a489c05-2867-43c4-a58a-7bd06feb3364.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2a489c05-2867-43c4-a58a-7bd06feb3364.jpg 678w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2a489c05-2867-43c4-a58a-7bd06feb3364-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Across <a 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target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top\/?q=%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%20%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%96%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%20%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%95%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%20%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%95%20%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AA%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%87%E0%A5%A4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>, these pictures are being shared with the same caption: \u201c\u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0915\u093e \u0905\u092a\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0938\u0939\u0947\u0917\u093e \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u0940 \u0906\u0902\u0916\u0940 \u0926\u093e\u0938 \u0928\u0947 \u0924\u093f\u0930\u0902\u0917\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u0915\u0947\u0915 \u092c\u0928\u093e\u0915\u0930 \u0915\u093e\u091f\u093e \u0905\u0917\u0930 \u092f\u0939\u0940 \u0915\u093e\u092e \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u092e\u0941\u0938\u0932\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0939\u094b\u0924\u093e \u092e\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0938\u0947 \u0932\u0947\u0915\u0930 \u0928\u0947\u0924\u093e \u0924\u0915 \u0935\u093f\u0927\u0935\u093e \u0935\u093f\u0932\u093e\u092a \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0932\u0917\u0924\u0947\u0964\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"743\" class=\"wp-image-73945 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/word-image-10.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/word-image-10.jpeg 718w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/word-image-10-290x300.jpeg 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News also received multiple requests on WhatsApp (+91 7600011160) to verify these claims.<\/p>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"474\" class=\"wp-image-73946 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/word-image-11.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/word-image-11.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/word-image-11-300x148.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/word-image-11-768x379.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>Upon conducting a reverse-image search, we found a post from August 16 by Sangeeta Bahadur, who is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indembminsk.in\/\">Indian Ambassador to Belarus<\/a>. The post mentioned that the Indian Embassy in Minsk celebrated the 74th Independence Day. &#8220;In the midst of the ongoing turmoil in Belarus, we celebrated India&#8217;s 74th Independence Day at the Embassy in Minsk. Our fears that the very difficult situation in the city would keep most people away proved, however, to be unfounded. Not only did the miniscule but very patriotic Indian community and students turn out in full force; even our Belarusian friends joined us in substantial numbers and participated in the event with affectionate enthusiasm,&#8221; she wrote in a post dated August 16. It includes the same picture of Bahadur cutting the cake.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sangeeta.bahadur\/posts\/10222481930175613\" data-show-text=\"true\" data-width=\"\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sangeeta.bahadur\/posts\/10222481930175613\"><p>In the midst of the ongoing turmoil in Belarus, we celebrated India&#8217;s 74th Independence Day at the Embassy in Minsk. Our&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a role=\"button\" href=\"#\">Sangeeta Bahadur<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sangeeta.bahadur\/posts\/10222481930175613\">Saturday, 15 August 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Apart from this, Sangeeta Bahadur and Ankhi Das have facial dissimilarities especially the eyes and nose.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-73953 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/d34eedbb-9c9c-4a93-9ba9-bddd5b1ec600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"803\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/d34eedbb-9c9c-4a93-9ba9-bddd5b1ec600.jpg 803w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/d34eedbb-9c9c-4a93-9ba9-bddd5b1ec600-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/d34eedbb-9c9c-4a93-9ba9-bddd5b1ec600-768x363.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indembminsk.in\/event_detail\/?eventid=121\">website of the Indian Embassy in Belarus<\/a> had also shared pictures of the recent independence day celebrations. Sangeeta Bahadur can be seen in these pictures.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1142\" height=\"887\" class=\"wp-image-73949 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/word-image-12.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/word-image-12.jpeg 1142w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/word-image-12-300x233.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/word-image-12-1024x795.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/word-image-12-768x597.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/word-image-12-990x769.jpeg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1142px) 100vw, 1142px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pictures Indian Ambassador to Belarus Sangeeta Bahadur cutting a tricoloured cake during independence day celebrations was shared with the false claim that she is Facebook India\u2019s Public Policy Director, Ankhi Das.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two pictures of a lady cutting a tricoloured cake are widely shared on social media. 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