An image is widely shared on social media, claiming that a crowd assembled at Lal Chowk in Kashmir to watch Pakistani cricketer Babar Azam on a big screen.
The image is shared on Facebook with a caption: “Lal Chowk, picturesque scenery of Kashmir. Everyone was watching ‘ batting… #cricket”
Here’s the link to the above post.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above claim, and found it to be FALSE.
Doing a Reverse Image Search of the viral image, the NM team traced a tweet posted by Srinagar Police, dated August 23, 2023, carrying an image with a caption: “People at Lal Chowk Srinagar today witnessed Live coverage of Chandrayaan-3 Landing on the big screen at ‘lal chowk square’. @isro #Chandrayaan3”. The original picture shows people watching a live stream of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft’s landing on the moon’s surface.
People at Lal chowk Srinagar today witnessed Live coverage of Chandrayaan-3 Landing on big screen at ‘lal chowk square’. @isro #Chandrayaan3 pic.twitter.com/4nWRmJ4ZrI
— Srinagar Police (@SrinagarPolice) August 23, 2023
Below is the comparison between the viral image and the original image.
Searching further, we found various news outlets that covered the live broadcast of the Chandrayaan-3 landing at Lal Chowk.
#WATCH | J&K: Giant screen put up at Srinagar’s Lal Chowk, telecasting Chandrayaan-3 landing event pic.twitter.com/EwkLU7chlZ
— ANI (@ANI) August 23, 2023
Thus, it is evident from the above information that an edited image is falsely shared as the crowd is watching Babar Azam at Lal Chowk.
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