Following the Maharashtra Assembly elections, an image featuring Eknath Shinde pulling a rickshaw with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis sitting at the back is doing the rounds on social media.
The above post can be seen here (archive). More such posts can be seen here, here and here.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the picture in question and found it to be doctored.
A Reverse Image Search of the picture in question identifies the original picture on Flickr, uploaded by a user, Mike Prince, on January 26, 2015.
According to the description, the photo was taken on December 27, 2014.
A detailed comparison of both images confirmed that the faces in the original picture were digitally replaced with those of Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis using the photo-editing software.
Therefore, the viral image showing Shinde pulling a rickshaw with CM Fadnavis sitting at the back is digitally altered.
