Former Shiv Sena MLA Shishir Shinde\u00a0posted<\/a> (archived link<\/a>) the viral image with the claim that Ranaut was photographed with Abu Salem’s brother. “\u0905\u0930\u0947\u0930\u0947?\u0930\u093e\u091c\u094d\u092f\u092a\u093e\u0932 \u092e\u0939\u094b\u0926\u092f,\u0924\u0941\u092e\u094d\u0939\u0940 \u0930\u093e\u091c\u092d\u0935\u0928\u093e\u0935\u0930 \u092a\u093e\u0939\u0941\u0923\u091a\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0947\u0932\u0947\u0932\u0940 \u0924\u0941\u092e\u091a\u0940 \u0916\u093e\u0938 \u092a\u093e\u0939\u0941\u0923\u0940 \u0905\u092c\u0942 \u0938\u093e\u0932\u0947\u092e\u091a\u094d\u092f\u093e \u092d\u093e\u0935\u093e\u0938\u094b\u092c\u0924 \u0905\u0936\u0940 \u0928\u0936\u093e \u0915\u0930\u093e\u092f\u091a\u0940?\u0930\u093e\u091c\u092d\u0935\u0928\u091a\u0940 \u0936\u093e\u0928 \u0918\u093e\u0932\u0935\u0932\u0940 \u0924\u0941\u092e\u094d\u0939\u0940!\u092e\u094d\u0939\u093e\u0924\u093e\u0930\u091a\u0933 \u092e\u094d\u0939\u0923\u0924\u093e\u0924 \u092f\u093e\u0932\u093e,” he wrote in Marathi.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u0905\u0930\u0947\u0930\u0947?\u0930\u093e\u091c\u094d\u092f\u092a\u093e\u0932 \u092e\u0939\u094b\u0926\u092f,\u0924\u0941\u092e\u094d\u0939\u0940 \u0930\u093e\u091c\u092d\u0935\u0928\u093e\u0935\u0930 \u092a\u093e\u0939\u0941\u0923\u091a\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0947\u0932\u0947\u0932\u0940 \u0924\u0941\u092e\u091a\u0940 \u0916\u093e\u0938 \u092a\u093e\u0939\u0941\u0923\u0940 \u0905\u092c\u0942 \u0938\u093e\u0932\u0947\u092e\u091a\u094d\u092f\u093e \u092d\u093e\u0935\u093e\u0938\u094b\u092c\u0924 \u0905\u0936\u0940 \u0928\u0936\u093e \u0915\u0930\u093e\u092f\u091a\u0940?\u0930\u093e\u091c\u092d\u0935\u0928\u091a\u0940 \u0936\u093e\u0928 \u0918\u093e\u0932\u0935\u0932\u0940 \u0924\u0941\u092e\u094d\u0939\u0940!\u092e\u094d\u0939\u093e\u0924\u093e\u0930\u091a\u0933 \u092e\u094d\u0939\u0923\u0924\u093e\u0924 \u092f\u093e\u0932\u093e! @maha_governor<\/a> @CMOMaharashtra<\/a> @AUThackeray<\/a> @ShivsenaComms<\/a> @rajivkhandekar<\/a> @zee24taasnews<\/a> @ibn_lokmat<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Op11qkFubJ<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Shishir Shinde (@ShishirShinde1) September 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Congress leaders Nagma<\/a> and former Shiv Sena MLA Shivajirao Adhalrao Patil also shared the viral image.<\/p>\n The image has also been shared with a message in Bengali<\/a>\u2014”\u0986\u09ac\u09c1 \u09b8\u09be\u09b2\u09c7\u09ae’\u098f\u09b0 \u09b8\u09be\u09a5\u09c7 \u098f\u099f\u09be \u09ac\u09cb\u09a7\u09b9\u09df \u0986\u09ae\u09bf\u09b0 \u0996\u09be\u09a8\u0964”<\/p>\n Alt News received several fact-check requests on our WhatsApp helpline (+917600011160) and on our official Android application<\/a>.<\/p>\n Alt News performed a reverse image search on Google and found a 2017 Huffington Post editorial piece<\/a> that carried the image. The article is titled, “Kangana Ranaut should realise she’s too talented to milk her personal life for attention.” It has been penned by journalist Mark Manuel who is also the person with Kangana Ranaut in the photograph.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “Like the time the featured picture was taken at the Korner House in Khar some months ago,’ read the report.<\/p>\n Manuel had shared the picture on both his Instagram<\/a> and Facebook accounts. He wrote that it was shot at the Korner House in Khar at a champagne brunch to celebrate Ranaut’s film \u2018Simran\u2019.<\/p>\n Kangana Ranaut… love, sex and betrayal<\/p>\n Pictures can be misleading. Posted by Mark Manuel<\/a> on\u00a0Thursday, 14 September 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n A 2017 photo of Kangana Ranaut with journalist Mark Manuel was shared with the false claim that she was photographed with criminal mastermind Abu Salem’s brother.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut has been at the centre of media attention since actor Sushant Singh Rajput died by suicide in June. Ranaut, who has blamed the film industry and Rajput’s former girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty for his death, has taken it upon herself to bring ‘justice’ to the dead actor. 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\nI am not Kangana Ranaut\u2019s friend. Nor am I her…<\/p>\n