An image of cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir with his family has surfaced on Internet claiming that he was spotted at Delhi’s India Gate celebrating 75th Republic Day.
The post, dated January 27, 2024, reads: पूर्व सलामी बल्लेबाज गौतम गंभीर अपनी पत्नी नताशा और बेटी के साथ 75 वे गणतंत्र दिवस मनाते हुए इंडिया गेट पर (English translation: Former opening batsman Gautam Gambhir celebrating 75th Republic Day with his wife Natasha and daughter at India Gate.)
The above post can be seen here.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above post, and found it to be misleading.
While scanning through Gambhir’s social media handles to check the authenticity of the post, the NM team failed to find any picture related to 75th Republic Day with his family.
Putting the picture through a Reverse Image Search, our team found an article, dated August 09, 2023, about Gambhir’s wife Natasha Jain featuring the picture in question.
In the caption, the picture in question has been credited to the stock image provider — Getty Images.
The visual had been taken on August 10, 2018, during an exclusive shoot with HT City —Hindustan Times on the occasion of 72nd Independence Day.
Hence, it is established that the picture in question is old and viral with misleading claims.
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