An old picture of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is becoming viral on social media these days. it is being claimed that this is a 12-year-old photo of Bhagwant Mann.

News Claim: An old picture of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is becoming viral on social media these days. it is being claimed that this is a 12-year-old photo of Bhagwant Mann. When he was arrested by the Punjab Police on charges of bike theft. In the photo going viral, a man who looks like Bhagwant is seen sitting on the ground with some people.

Posting this photo, a Facebook user wrote, "About 12 years ago today, Punjab Police caught 4 bike thieves!

Now I have to tell that one of these...

News Verification: When the Ayupp team investigated the photo going viral, the truth of that picture came to the fore. A Google reverse image search took us to the Instagram page of Punjabi actor and producer Karamjit Anmol. Where this photo was posted. He shared it on 18 March 2022. With the photo, he captioned, Holi memories. This made it clear that the claim being made with the viral photo has been proved to be false.

News Verdict ayupp.com: The claim of the viral picture is completely false.  

 

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