{"id":74287,"date":"2020-08-31T19:59:07","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T14:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=74287"},"modified":"2021-09-07T17:01:02","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T11:31:02","slug":"old-image-from-2016-falsely-shared-as-bjp-leader-kapil-mishras-sister-married-a-muslim-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-image-from-2016-falsely-shared-as-bjp-leader-kapil-mishras-sister-married-a-muslim-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Old image falsely shared as BJP leader Kapil Mishra&#8217;s sister married a Muslim man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%82%20%23%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%9A%20%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/327695288160196\/posts\/882106936052359\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> users have shared a wedding photo of a woman and a man. As per viral claims, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kapil Mishra&#8217;s sister married Shahzad Ali.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-74287 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-image-from-2016-falsely-shared-as-bjp-leader-kapil-mishras-sister-married-a-muslim-man\/0b391916-c192-4f11-b84b-46e7a59d9ac6\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"655\" height=\"1004\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/0b391916-c192-4f11-b84b-46e7a59d9ac6.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/0b391916-c192-4f11-b84b-46e7a59d9ac6.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/0b391916-c192-4f11-b84b-46e7a59d9ac6-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-image-from-2016-falsely-shared-as-bjp-leader-kapil-mishras-sister-married-a-muslim-man\/65ff7b2f-2c71-4326-8e10-d6f690eec5bf\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"663\" height=\"999\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/65ff7b2f-2c71-4326-8e10-d6f690eec5bf.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/65ff7b2f-2c71-4326-8e10-d6f690eec5bf.jpg 663w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/65ff7b2f-2c71-4326-8e10-d6f690eec5bf-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-image-from-2016-falsely-shared-as-bjp-leader-kapil-mishras-sister-married-a-muslim-man\/e799d44d-2749-4655-80ec-412221c57110\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"647\" height=\"1012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/e799d44d-2749-4655-80ec-412221c57110.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/e799d44d-2749-4655-80ec-412221c57110.jpg 647w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/e799d44d-2749-4655-80ec-412221c57110-192x300.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 647px) 100vw, 647px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-image-from-2016-falsely-shared-as-bjp-leader-kapil-mishras-sister-married-a-muslim-man\/92433cc0-18f8-40cf-b7d7-32432b7ae9cf\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"739\" height=\"1038\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/92433cc0-18f8-40cf-b7d7-32432b7ae9cf.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/92433cc0-18f8-40cf-b7d7-32432b7ae9cf.jpg 739w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/92433cc0-18f8-40cf-b7d7-32432b7ae9cf-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/92433cc0-18f8-40cf-b7d7-32432b7ae9cf-729x1024.jpg 729w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The same picture was also shared last year by Facebook user <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=179737720270807&amp;id=100047037395955\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanam Shaikh<\/a> who wrote in Hindi, &#8220;The one who started the Hindu-Muslim riots in Delhi, Kapil Mishra, his sister is wedded to Shahzad Ali.&#8221; This post was shared over 2,500 times. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/AdsbM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archived link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>[Hindi message: \u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0942 #\u092e\u0941\u0938\u0932\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u0940\u091a \u0926\u0902\u0917\u0947 \u0915\u0930\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 #\u0915\u092a\u093f\u0932 \u092e\u093f\u0936\u094d\u0930\u093e \u0915\u0940 \u092c\u0939\u0928 \u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0940 #\u0936\u0939\u091c\u093c\u093e\u0926 \u0905\u0932\u0940 \u0938\u0947 \u0936\u093e\u0926\u0940 \u0915\u092a\u093f\u0932_\u092e\u093f\u0936\u094d\u0930\u093e_\u0914\u0930 \u092d\u0915\u094d\u0924\u094b_\u0915\u094b_\u0928\u092f\u093e_\u091c\u0940\u091c\u093e_\u092e\u0941\u092c\u093e\u0930\u0915_\u0939\u094b]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-74291 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-31-16_33_28-1-Facebook.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-31-16_33_28-1-Facebook.jpg 790w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-31-16_33_28-1-Facebook-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-31-16_33_28-1-Facebook-768x753.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On February 23, 2020 the national capital witnessed communal riots hours after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/02\/26\/world\/asia\/delhi-riots-kapil-mishra.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BJP leader Kapil Mishra issued an ultimatum<\/a> to the police\u2014either clear out of the streets where protests against the controversial Citizenship Law were held or Mishra and his followers would step in themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter user <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">@Dkashfaque had also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dkashfaque\/status\/1299666656579457026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> the viral image last year along with identical Hindi text. It was retweeted over 400 times. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/GtqfW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archived link<\/a>)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-74292 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-31-16_40_06-7-\u0905\u0936\u092b\u093e\u0915-\u0916\u093e\u0928-\u0921\u0940\u0915\u0947-on-Twitter_-_\u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940-\u092e\u0947\u0902-\u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0942-\u092e\u0941\u0938\u0932\u092e\u093e\u0928-\u0915\u0947-\u092c\u0940\u091a-\u0926\u0902\u0917\u0947-\u0915\u0930\u093e\u0928\u0947-\u0935\u093e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"447\" height=\"632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-31-16_40_06-7-\u0905\u0936\u092b\u093e\u0915-\u0916\u093e\u0928-\u0921\u0940\u0915\u0947-on-Twitter_-_\u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940-\u092e\u0947\u0902-\u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0942-\u092e\u0941\u0938\u0932\u092e\u093e\u0928-\u0915\u0947-\u092c\u0940\u091a-\u0926\u0902\u0917\u0947-\u0915\u0930\u093e\u0928\u0947-\u0935\u093e.jpg 593w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-31-16_40_06-7-\u0905\u0936\u092b\u093e\u0915-\u0916\u093e\u0928-\u0921\u0940\u0915\u0947-on-Twitter_-_\u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940-\u092e\u0947\u0902-\u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0942-\u092e\u0941\u0938\u0932\u092e\u093e\u0928-\u0915\u0947-\u092c\u0940\u091a-\u0926\u0902\u0917\u0947-\u0915\u0930\u093e\u0928\u0947-\u0935\u093e-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News received several requests to fact-check this on our WhatsApp helpline number (+917600011160) and on our <a title=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.altnews\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.altnews\" data-from-md=\"\">official Android application<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-74302 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/Screenshot-2020-08-31-at-11.56.34-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"894\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/Screenshot-2020-08-31-at-11.56.34-AM.png 894w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/Screenshot-2020-08-31-at-11.56.34-AM-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/Screenshot-2020-08-31-at-11.56.34-AM-768x330.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 894px) 100vw, 894px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>The viral image has a watermark that reads &#8216;coastaldigest.com&#8217;. Alt News performed a reverse image search on Google and found that the image was published by Coastal Digest, a Mangalore-based news website, in 2016. As per the article, the image shows the wedding rituals of Hindu-Muslim couple Ashita and Shakeel at Taj Convention Hall in Bannimanta locality of Mysore. The report added that the marriage was held peacefully amidst tight security due to threats from &#8220;Hindutva extremists&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-74298 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-31-17_25_43-Settings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-31-17_25_43-Settings.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-31-17_25_43-Settings-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/2020-08-31-17_25_43-Settings-768x708.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Their wedding was also reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/india-news-india\/karnataka-mandya-couple-hindu-mudlim-wedding-2767591\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Indian Express<\/a> which said that local Bajrang Dal and BJP members opposed the marriage as Ashita had decided to convert to Islam.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-74306 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/da5cdaff-aeb3-45da-833f-725082c6e47d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1296\" height=\"709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/da5cdaff-aeb3-45da-833f-725082c6e47d.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/da5cdaff-aeb3-45da-833f-725082c6e47d-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/da5cdaff-aeb3-45da-833f-725082c6e47d-1024x560.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/da5cdaff-aeb3-45da-833f-725082c6e47d-768x420.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/da5cdaff-aeb3-45da-833f-725082c6e47d-990x542.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1296px) 100vw, 1296px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News reached out to Kapil Mishra who shared his statement given to fact-checking organisation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boomlive.in\/fake-news\/2016-photo-of-inter-faith-couple-falsely-linked-to-kapil-mishras-sister-9546\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boomlive<\/a>. &#8220;I have three sisters of which two are married. Neither my sisters nor the distant ones are married to a Muslim,&#8221; he clarified.<\/p>\n<p>Thus a five-year-old wedding photo of a Hindu-Muslim couple in Mysore has gone viral with the false claim that BJP Delhi leader Kapil Mishra&#8217;s sister married a Muslim man.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several Twitter and Facebook users have shared a wedding photo of a woman and a man. As per viral claims, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kapil Mishra&#8217;s sister married Shahzad Ali. The same picture was also shared last year by Facebook user Sanam Shaikh who wrote in Hindi, &#8220;The one who started the Hindu-Muslim riots [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":74311,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[682],"class_list":["post-74287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-photos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Old image falsely shared as BJP leader Kapil Mishra&#039;s sister married a Muslim man - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Old image falsely shared as BJP leader Kapil Mishra&#039;s sister married a Muslim man - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Several Twitter and Facebook users have shared a wedding photo of a woman and a man. 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