Achi news desk-
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2 out of 7 phases of Lok Sabha elections have been completed in West Bengal. The next stage of voting will take place on 7 May and the final voting period on 1 May. Meanwhile, a post is being shared on social media. A photo of an artificial finger is shared in this post.
- Artificial fingers are allegedly being distributed in Bengal to influence voting.
- This post was shared by many authenticated and unauthenticated users on X.
A user named Atal Pratap shared the post and wrote – To cast duplicate votes, real artificial finger covers are made and distributed in West Bengal. How far can he go to cheat the system?
Another X handle called Politicspedia shared the post with the same claim and caption. In the post, the user tagged the Electoral Commission and demanded action.
Expressing anger over the viral photo, a user wrote – You keep sleeping and they will use the power of your vote. This is how she wins elections.
Another user wrote – To avoid these anti-national conspiracies, elections may have to be made more hi-tech.
The truth about the viral photo…
To know the truth about the viral photo, we searched keywords related to it on Google. While searching, we found the news related to the viral photo on the ABC News website. News link…
Snapshot of the news published on the ABC News website.
According to news reports, members of ‘Yakuza’, a mafia gang in Japan, have to cut off a finger from their hand as punishment after committing serious crimes. In the mafia gang, one finger must be cut off for every crime.
In such a situation, those criminals want to leave this gang and start their life anew. They face difficulty in finding work due to lack of fingers. To solve this problem, prosthetic maker Shintaro Hayashi makes artificial fingers for the rehabilitation of ex-criminals.
This news was published on the ABC News website on June 6, 2013. During the investigation, we also found the viral photo on the reddit.com website.
Screenshot of the photo available on the website.
The caption of the photo on the website reads- Prosthetic finger for Yakuza gangster recovery. At the same time, it is worth noting that this photo was uploaded on the website 11 years ago. During the investigation, we also found a post related to the viral photo on the Electoral Commission’s official X account.
The Electoral Commission refuted the viral picture and called it fake. He wrote – An old photo of an artificial finger from Japan is being shared with false claims of duplicate votes in the ongoing 2024 general elections in West Bengal. This is clearly done with viral photos on social media. the claim is completely wrong Yes.
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