A picture is going viral on social media, in this picture don Dawood Ibrahim is sitting on his chair and a woman is sitting on the chair in front of him. Users are claiming that the woman in the picture is former journalist and current Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate.
A verified Twitter user named Atul Kushwaha shared the picture with the caption, “Name the female journalist seen in the picture with Dawood.. The picture is from 1987!”
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In retweets and replies to Atul Kushwaha’s tweet, users are taking the name of Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate.
A user named Indian retweeted the quote and wrote, “Supriya Shrinate”
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Amit Nair wrote, “My guess is Supriya Shrinate.”
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Sonu Rajput tagged Supriya Shrinate and wrote, “Who is this?”
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A user asked in Hinglish, “Ye @SupriyaShrinate hai kya?”
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Fact-Check:
To know the reality of the viral picture, the DFRAC team did a reverse image search of the picture with the help of Google. Meanwhile, the DFRAC team found a tweet by senior journalist Sheela Bhatt on June 14, 2023, in which she herself shared the same picture and wrote, “Put a photo of yourself doing your work. Dawood Ibrahim’s interview at Pearl Building, Dubai. 1987.”
Drop a photo of you doing your job.@nistula @Vasudha156 @MathewLiz @bhartijainTOI @_pallavighosh @NEETAS11 @OlgaTellis @mehtahansal @Shussainzaidi @tallstories @sandhyadwivedi1
— Sheela Bhatt शीला भट्ट (@sheela2010) June 14, 2023
Interviewing Dawood Ibrahim in Pearl Building, Dubai. 1987. pic.twitter.com/gAxxp8iW2I
At the same time, some people raised reactive questions on the claim that the woman sitting on the chair with Dawood Ibrahim is Supriya Shrinate.
R Raghunalli (parody account) wrote, “Supriya Shrinate was born on 27 October 1977 while this picture is from 1987. Please explain in this photo she had interviewed Dawood at the age of 10? Her first job assignment was with India Today. Was she a journalist at age 10? @RealAtulsay @SupriyaShrinate”
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Conclusion:
DFRAC’s investigation confirms that the woman in the viral picture interviewing Dawood Ibrahim is not Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate, but senior journalist Sheela Bhatt, hence the claim by social media users is misleading.
