CLAIM

An image of Prime Minister

donning

, a traditional Arab headdress is being shared to attack ‘Bhakts’ (an internet slang used to describe Modi’s admirers).

A Facebook page that goes by the name of ‘I.T & Social Media Cell Congress’ shared the image taking a dig at ‘bhakts’. The text along with the image read, “Bhakton, you can boycott Muslims but your father.....”

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Twitter handle @MyFellowIndians shared this image with a caption in Hindi that closely translates to, "Money is not God, but it is not any less than god either, especially when you have become a beggar." The tweet also said that “Hindu Hriday Samrat” Modi wore the headgear to get investment for “economy destroyed by him”.

“Bhakts please don’t mind,” the tweet said.

TRUTH

The image is a digitally-altered version of the original photograph taken when Modi was greeted by the Governor of

-- HRH Prince

-- when the former arrived in

. In the original image, only Prince Faisal could be seen donning a Keffiyeh.

VERIFICATION AND METHODOLOGY

We looked through media files posted by Raveesh Kumar, Official Spokesperson, Ministry of External Affairs, India, on his official Twitter handle. We found a tweet dated October 29, 2019, which has the original image.

We found the image that was used to make the fake one was also posted by official Twitter handle of PMO India.

VERDICT

Times Fact Check has found that an image of PM Modi with Governor of Riyadh is being digitally-altered to make it look like Modi wore traditional Arab headdress to impress Saudis.