

{"id":74820,"date":"2020-09-08T14:05:34","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T08:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=74820"},"modified":"2020-09-08T14:05:34","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T08:35:34","slug":"no-ips-officers-in-this-photograph-are-not-siblings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-ips-officers-in-this-photograph-are-not-siblings\/","title":{"rendered":"No, IPS officers in this photograph are not siblings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook user <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=781901915958986&amp;id=100024175540275\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;\u09a6\u09c2\u09b0\u09cd\u0997\u09be \u0996\u09be\u09a4\u09c1\u09a8&#8217; (Durga Khatoon) shared a photograph<\/a> of three police officials claiming that they are siblings. The elaborate caption in Bengali says that girls are not a burden to a family and they should be given equal opportunity. It claims that the three brothers and sisters are IPS officers\u2014&#8221;\u098f\u0995 \u09aa\u09b0\u09bf\u09ac\u09be\u09b0\u09c7 \u09a4\u09bf\u09a8 \u09ad\u09be\u0987 \u09ac\u09cb\u09a8 IPS \u0985\u09ab\u09bf\u09b8\u09be\u09b0.&#8221; The post received a whopping 7,600 shares.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-74825 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/6c87d16e-e19f-410d-b49a-92f400492bb5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"506\" height=\"765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/6c87d16e-e19f-410d-b49a-92f400492bb5.jpg 506w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/6c87d16e-e19f-410d-b49a-92f400492bb5-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A user from Bangladesh <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=175935320716506&amp;id=100049001176374\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared Khatoon&#8217;s post<\/a> drawing 1.500 likes.\u00a0The same picture was also shared by Bangladeshi pages <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/peramoymedicallife\/posts\/3618550991523000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;\u09aa\u09cd\u09af\u09be\u09b0\u09be\u09ae\u09df \u099c\u09c0\u09ac\u09a8\u09c7\u09b0 \u0985\u09aa\u09b0 \u09a8\u09be\u09ae \u09ae\u09c7\u09a1\u09bf\u0995\u09c7\u09b2&#8217;<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/medicalcampus17\/posts\/160047562416186\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;\u09ae\u09c7\u09a1\u09bf\u0995\u09c7\u09b2 \u0995\u09cd\u09af\u09be\u09ae\u09cd\u09aa\u09be\u09b8&#8217;<\/a> gathering over 2,000 likes cumulatively.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-74828 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/62efcb36-36f5-40e7-9abc-6a1c046b7d3e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"505\" height=\"747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/62efcb36-36f5-40e7-9abc-6a1c046b7d3e.jpg 505w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/62efcb36-36f5-40e7-9abc-6a1c046b7d3e-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The claim has also been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/komal.b.1485\/posts\/738002880388778\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared<\/a> with an English caption.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-74831 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/95f912b4-b756-4e77-a58a-9c6e8b64a21a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/95f912b4-b756-4e77-a58a-9c6e8b64a21a.jpg 666w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/95f912b4-b756-4e77-a58a-9c6e8b64a21a-267x300.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Twitter, Mousomi Khatoon who identifies as the convenor of the Buniadpur Mahavidyalaya Trinamool Chatra Parisad (youth wing of TMC) shared the same.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"bn\">\u09b6\u09c1\u09a7\u09c1 \u099c\u09bf\u09a8\u09b8,\u09b8\u09bf\u0997\u09be\u09b0\u09c7\u099f \u09a8\u09af\u09bc&#8230;\u09b8\u09ae\u09be\u09a8 \u0985\u09a7\u09bf\u0995\u09be\u09b0,\u09b8\u09ae\u09be\u09a8 \u09ae\u09b0\u09cd\u09af\u09be\u09a6\u09be \u09ac\u09b2\u09a4\u09c7 \u098f\u099f\u09be \u09ac\u09c1\u099d\u09a4\u09c7 \u09b9\u09ac\u09c7 \u09b8\u09ae\u09be\u099c\u0995\u09c7\u2665\ufe0f<br \/>\n\u098f\u0995 \u09aa\u09b0\u09bf\u09ac\u09be\u09b0\u09c7 \u09a4\u09bf\u09a8 \u09ad\u09be\u0987 \u09ac\u09cb\u09a8 IPS \u0985\u09ab\u09bf\u09b8\u09be\u09b0!!<br \/>\n\u09ae\u09c7\u09af\u09bc\u09c7 \u09ae\u09be\u09a8\u09c7 &#8220;\u0995\u09be\u0981\u09a7\u09c7\u09b0 \u09ac\u09cb\u099d\u09be&#8221; \u09a8\u09af\u09bc,\u0986\u09ae\u09be\u09a6\u09c7\u09b0 \u0989\u099a\u09bf\u09a4 \u09ae\u09c7\u09af\u09bc\u09c7\u09a6\u09c7\u09b0\u0995\u09c7 &#8220;\u09ac\u09cb\u099d\u09be!&#8221;\u09b8\u09a0\u09bf\u0995 \u09b8\u09c1\u099c\u09cb\u0997 \u09aa\u09c7\u09b2\u09c7 \u09b6\u09c1\u09a7\u09c1 \u099b\u09c7\u09b2\u09c7 \u09a8\u09af\u09bc \u09ae\u09c7\u09af\u09bc\u09c7\u0993 \u09ac\u0982\u09b6\u09c7\u09b0 \u09ae\u09c1\u0996 \u0989\u099c\u09cd\u099c\u09b2 \u0995\u09b0\u09ac\u09c7!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U76x3g1wwT\">pic.twitter.com\/U76x3g1wwT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mousami Khatun (@KhatunMousami) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KhatunMousami\/status\/1301413051917365250?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/wopita.com\/pooja.vashisth.25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reverse image search on Google<\/a> took us to the original picture uploaded by IPS Probationer in Haryana cadre Pooja Vashisth on her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CEMaZavjem0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram account<\/a> on August 22.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF;border: 0;border-radius: 3px;margin: 1px;max-width: 540px;min-width: 326px;padding: 0\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CEMaZavjem0\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 50px;margin: 0 auto 12px;width: 50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 550;line-height: 18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0;padding: 0 4px\"><a style=\"color: #000;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;line-height: 17px;text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CEMaZavjem0\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People who make life easier. #mypeople #ipslife #ceremonialwear #khaki<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 17px;margin-bottom: 0;margin-top: 8px;overflow: hidden;padding: 8px 0 7px;text-align: center\">A post shared by <a style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;line-height: 17px\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pooja.vashisth.25\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Pooja Vashisth<\/a> (@pooja.vashisth.25) on Aug 22, 2020 at 6:52am PDT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Vashisth had tagged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/shrutsom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IPS Shrut Kirti Somavanshi<\/a> of MP cadre and Tushar Gupta, Punjab cadre. Gupta had also uploaded the same photograph shot at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF;border: 0;border-radius: 3px;margin: 1px;max-width: 540px;min-width: 326px;padding: 0\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CEMbqpjDqoE\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 50px;margin: 0 auto 12px;width: 50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 550;line-height: 18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0;padding: 0 4px\"><a style=\"color: #000;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;line-height: 17px;text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CEMbqpjDqoE\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The one with happy faces ! \ud83d\ude0a #ips #indianpolice #indianpoliceservice #police #khakhi #svpnpa #upsc #civilservice #upscmotivation #cops<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 17px;margin-bottom: 0;margin-top: 8px;overflow: hidden;padding: 8px 0 7px;text-align: center\">A post shared by <a style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;line-height: 17px\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tusharg_ips\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Tushar Gupta<\/a> (@tusharg_ips) on Aug 22, 2020 at 7:03am PDT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The fact that all of them have different surnames and are from different states proves they cannot be siblings. Somavanshi and Gupta had also put a clarification on the misinformation after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boomlive.in\/fake-news\/image-of-three-ips-officers-sitting-together-viral-as-siblings-9642\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boomlive&#8217;s story<\/a> debunking the rumour.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-74842 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/929378-instagram-story-two-brothers-and-sister-ips-offcicer-same-family.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"1139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/929378-instagram-story-two-brothers-and-sister-ips-offcicer-same-family.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/929378-instagram-story-two-brothers-and-sister-ips-offcicer-same-family-190x300.jpeg 190w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/929378-instagram-story-two-brothers-and-sister-ips-offcicer-same-family-647x1024.jpeg 647w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook user &#8216;\u09a6\u09c2\u09b0\u09cd\u0997\u09be \u0996\u09be\u09a4\u09c1\u09a8&#8217; (Durga Khatoon) shared a photograph of three police officials claiming that they are siblings. 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