Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was recently on a three-day visit to France, where he inaugurated the second Indian consulate in the country after the Embassy in Paris. Amidst this visit ,a picture and a claim is being widely circulated on social media platforms.
Picture shows PM Modi getting down a car, the claim states PM Modi had to take a taxi during his recent visit to France. During the investigation we found the claim to be false.
Claim:
X user Sunil VB shared the image with the claim.
Other users too are sharing the image with same claim.
Investigation:
We started the investigation by running a reverse image search on the image.
We found that the same image was widely shared in 2021.
During the reverse image search, we found the viral image uploaded on the X handle of ANI.
The vehicle’s registration number plate was the same as that of the viral image.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited San Damaso courtyard in The Vatican for a private audience with the Pope on October 30, 2021
We also found a video about the same on the ANI YouTube channel where the vehicle’s registration number was clearly visible. The video was uploaded three years ago.
Conclusion: An old, edited image of the car from which PM Narendra Modi exited in Vatican City is being falsely shared as him stepping out of a taxi in France during his recent visit. The viral image is edited and the claim is false.
