The viral photo of a patient being dragged in front of Central Vista Avenue construction site is fake.
An image is viral showing a man in PPE kit dragging a lady patient on a stretcher with Centreal Vista Venue construction board in the background.
Congress MP from Karnataka, Jairam Ramesh tweeted the image
But is He moved? Does He care? Absolutely shocking! pic.twitter.com/TQcpHABuVJ
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) April 30, 2021
National Coordinator AICC Research Dept. Former National GS @nsui
लाशों के ढेर पे हमारे भारत में एक आलीशान इमारत बनाई जा रही है।
#CentralVistaProject #BjpDestroyedIndia pic.twitter.com/qqfk5TRBAb— Maheshmurti Leni S Jadhav (@lenijadhav) April 30, 2021
The image that defines the times…😡😢#COVIDEmergency #COVIDSecondWave #OxygenShortage #CentralVistaProject pic.twitter.com/ho1xFWPu8c
— Jaspreet Bindra, Prisoner # 332 in UK Quarantine (@j_bindra) April 28, 2021
Truth
The viral image is digitally edited.
It’s made up of two different images, the one with the construction site boards, and another of the man dragging the patient.
Jairam Ramesh later tweeted justifying the reason even if the image is real or fake.
Regardless of whether this is an actual photograph or a depiction, what is absolutely shocking is the Prime Minister not scrapping the Central Vista project in the middle of a devastating pandemic.
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) April 30, 2021
Two images in the left are used to create the viral image
Source: The Scroll
The photo below was edited, with background removed and image vertically flipped i.e. mirror image.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
A similar Concept edited image was viral few years ago which we had to fact check. It showed the contrast of a poor mother feeding her kid on road in front of Statue of Unity
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