DeTect: Image of collapsed flyover shared with false angle

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By :  migrator
Update: 2021-10-28 19:40 GMT

Chennai

A politician recently tweeted a few photos of a collapsed bridge, claiming the incident occurred near Ajit Mill Char Rasta in Ahmedabad. Many targeted the ‘Gujarat model’ of progress. A keyword search led to pictures and videos of the area around the rubble from the bridge. Turns out, the photos of a collapsed flyover in Nagpur were shared as footage from Ajit Mill Char Rasta in Ahmedabad. The post was later taken down.

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