Fact Check: Image of crowd watching Babar Azam live at Srinagar’s Lal Chowk is morphed
The original image shows the crowd at Lal Chowk watching the live streaming of Chandrayaan-3 landing on the Lunar Surface.
By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 2 Sep 2023 6:39 AM GMT
Screengrab of the Facebook post.
An image showing a crowd watching Pakistan Cricketer Babar Azam batting is viral on social media. Users claim the image is from Srinagar’s Lal Chowk in Jammu and Kasmir.
A Facebook user shared the image with the caption, “Lal Chowk, picturesque scenery of Kashmir. Everyone was watching King Babar Azam’s batting…”
(Image Credit: Facebook)
The image comes ahead of the India and Pakistan match in the Asia Cup 2023. The match will be played on Saturday, September 2.
Fact Check
NewsMeter found that the image is morphed. The original image shows the crowd at Lal Chowk watching the live streaming of Chandrayaan-3 landing on the Lunar Surface.
A user in the comment section of the viral post shared a screenshot of Srinagar’s police post on X, which showed the crowd watching the live coverage of the Chandrayaan-3 landing.
Taking a cue from this, we searched for the Srinagar police post on X and found the original image shared on August 24. “People at Lal Chowk, Srinagar today witnessed Live coverage of Chandrayaan-3 Landing on the big screen at 'Lal Chowk Square'. @isro #Chandrayaan3,” read the caption
On August 23, News Agency ANI posted a video on X stating that a giant screen was put up at Srinagar's Lal Chowk to show the Chandrayaan-3 landing event.
