Fact-Check:Digitally altered images of Deepika Padukone with a newborn infant went viral. Here’s the Reality
Nisar Ahmed Siddiqui 
Digitally altered images of Deepika Padukone with a newborn infant went viral.
A collage of two images showing Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone with a newly born infant is going viral on social media. Users are sharing this collage and giving good news that Deepika Padukone has given birth to a child.
While sharing this collage, a user wrote: “Good news! Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh are blessed with their first child after 7 months of pregnancy!”
Furthermore, the collage has been shared by many users on X . The link is given here and here
Fact-Check
The DFRAC team found that the Deepika Padukone’s digitally altered images have been misleadingly shared with a false claim. During our investigation, we discovered that both images of the above collage are not of Deepika Padukone.
The first image in black attire was found on a Facebook page named Doctors Hospital of Laredo that was posted on January 4, 2022 and mentioned that the hospital welcomed newborn Cindy Chavez on the new year of 2022.
In addition, the second one was posted on a website on Sept 1, 2016, with the caption: Mom holding daughter after giving birth to her”
Conclusion
It is evident from DFRAC’s fact-check that the digitally altered images of Deepika Padukone have been misleadingly shared with a fake claim on social media.
Analysis: Fake
Aayushi Rana 
