Fact Check: Image of man driving with mannequin in Egypt falsely shared with communal spin
NewsMeter found that the image is being shared with false information.
By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 6 Jun 2023 2:02 PM GMT
(Image tweeted by the handle @HiNdU05019434)
Hyderabad: An image of a man carrying a sack on a bike tied to the pillion seat, with what appears to be a human foot sticking out of the sack, is going viral on social media.
Social media users are sharing the image suggesting that it shows a Muslim man carrying the body of a Hindu girl, claiming that the girl is a victim of ‘love jihad.’
(Source: Twitter/@HiNdU05019434)
Fact Check
NewsMeter found that the image is being shared with false information. On performing a reverse image search, we found the same image in a report by Cairo 24 from June 2, 2023. It said that the image shows a man carrying a mannequin on a bike after the owner of a ready-made clothing store requested a transport company to deliver it from their shop to the Mokattam area in Cairo.
Another report by an Egyptian daily ElWatan News said the Ministry of Interior has clarified that the image shows a mannequin being transported from a clothing store to the Mokattam area in Cairo.
We also found the image posted on Facebook by the Egypt-based clothing store BG collection on 30 and 31 May. In the posts, they have said that the man in the image is transferring a mannequin from their Gamal Abdel Nasser branch to Mokattam.
Hence, we conclude that the claim that the image shows a Muslim man carrying a victim of ‘love jihad’ in the sack is false.
