A collage of three photos is being shared on social media. It is claimed that the man in the top photo is Bajrang Dal member Ramnaresh and the woman in the bottom photo is his daughter. It is claimed that while the father (Ramanaresh) is campaigning against Valentine’s Day, his daughter is celebrating the same abroad.
However, Fact Crescendo has found the viral claim to be false. The people protesting Valentine’s Day in the photo are not Bajrang Dal members. They are Shiv Sena members from Madhya Pradesh. The woman below is not Ramnaresh’s daughter. She and the person with her are actors from the famous web series Money Heist.
Fact Check-
A Google Reverse Image Search on the first image led us to a video of the same person uploaded in an Instagram account. As per the information, the incident took place in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh and the people gathered against Valentine’s Day in the video are not Bajrang Dal members, they are Shiv Sena supporters.
In the above video, we found a banner with Shiv Sena, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh written on it.
According to ABP Live’s report, Shiv Sena members staged a protest against the celebration of Valentine’s Day in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The party members said that the festival promotes foreign culture and goes against Indian traditions. They warned hotel and restaurant owners against organising Valentine’s Day events and said that they will take action if they see inappropriate behaviour.
From the above facts, it is clear that the person protesting against Valentine’s Day in the viral photo is not a Bajrang Dal member. He is associated with the Shiv Sena party in Madhya Pradesh.
Further, we checked the facts about the other image in the post. After doing a Google reverse image search of the two photos of a young man and a young woman in the post, we found a similar photo posted on an Instagram account. According to the information, the people in the photo are actors of a Netflix web series called Money Heist. You can see the post below.
In the Money Heist series, the young man plays the character Rio and the young woman plays the character Tokyo.
You can see the Instagram accounts of these two actors here and here.
On the IMDB website, we can see the same young man and woman in a poster for the Money Heist series.
Conclusion:
Fact Crescendo found the claim to be false. The person protesting against Valentine’s Day in the viral photo is not a Bajrang Dal member, he is a Shiv Sena supporter. The woman in the photo is not his daughter. She is an actress in a web series called Money Heist.
Title:Image of Money Heist web series actress viral as the daughter of a Bajrang Dal member celebrating Valentine’s Day.
Fact Check By: Siddharth SahuResult: False
