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Dainik Bhaskar had prominently published on May 21 the case of children being given shoddy dresses in government schools of Madhya Pradesh. The title of the news published by Bhaskar was- Scam in Uniform: Officers-contractors earned 90 crores by giving poor dress to 45 lakh children. A screen shot related to this news published by Bhaskar is going viral on WhatsApp and other social media platforms. In this screen shot, a cartoon has been attached with the news published by Bhaskar, which has not been published by Dainik Bhaskar.
In the cartoon, a child has been shown saying to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan – Mama ji leave my trousers, they have taken them too. This cartoon has been doctored over the screen shot of the original news taken from ePaper. misleading and completely wrong Is.
Screen shot going viral on social media.
You can see below the screen shot of the original news of the uniform scam published in the Bhopal edition of Dainik Bhaskar on 21st May. There is no cartoon in the news. (of news Link,
Screen shot of the news published in Bhopal edition on 21 May.
Our investigation revealed that this misleading cartoon going viral on social media was tweeted from the official Twitter handle of Madhya Pradesh Congress at 7.45 am on May 23. The title of the news was kept the same in the tweet but this cartoon was added separately by tampering with the screen shot, which is now going viral in the wrong context. At the same time, the name of the cartoonist has not been mentioned along with the cartoon, which raises doubts about its intention. ,archive Link)
It is clear that no cartoon was published along with the news of uniform scam published by Dainik Bhaskar on 21st May. The cartoon was added separately by tampering with the screen shot of the news. misleading and completely wrong Is.