A video purportedly showing Prime Minister Narendra Modi sitting with tea garden workers in Assam, surrounded by a massive camera setup, lighting, and reflectors, is going viral on social media. The post is being shared in the backdrop of his visit to Dibrugarh on April 1, 2026, with claims that it exposes a behind-the-scenes shoot staged for media coverage.
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NM VERIFIED
NewsMobile verified the claim and found that the image is AI-generated.
NewsMobile fact-checked the claim and found it to be false.
The NM team initiated a keyword search to find credible reports carrying the same image. However, no such image was found on any reputable news platforms. While multiple visuals from the Prime Minister’s Dibrugarh visit on DD News were available online dated April 1, the specific frame seen in the viral post did not appear in any of them.
Further, there have been no official reports or announcements about any interview or staged shoot involving tea garden workers during the visit. If such a large-scale production setup had been part of the visit, it would have likely been covered widely by mainstream media or shared via official channels.
The absence of the image from credible sources raised suspicion about its authenticity. To verify this, the viral image was analysed using Hive Moderation. The analysis confirmed that the image was artificially generated.
Hence, it is evident that the viral image claiming to show a staged shoot involving Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Assam is AI-generated and not real.
