Recently, a screengrab is doing rounds on social media claiming that Home Minister Amit Shah has tested positive for the novel Coronavirus after a recent visit to Italy. A Facebook user named Sadique Siddiqi Qasmi shared the screengrab along with a caption, "According to the breaking news of Aaj Tak news channel, Home Minister of India Amit Shah has tested positive to Coronavirus. Pray for his recovery"

At the time of writing this article, this post received more than 60 shares. 

A twitter user shared an image of the screengrab, asking for a clarification from the government. 

This post was also shared more than 50 times. 

The screengrab has a logo of Hindi news channel Aaj Tak and a ticker below which states, "Home minister Amit Shah has contracted Coronavirus. Last week he had gone to Italy to roam and did not get it tested after coming back causing further infection" (Translated from Hindi)

The truth behind the claim 

In our investigation, we found this claim to be fake, and the viral screengrab is also fake and has been created using a website. The screengrab is created on breakyourownnews.com. It is a meme generator, one can insert any image of their choice and add a headline and news ticker.

Moreover, we did not find any news reports stating that Amit Shah tested positive for COVID-19, or had visited Italy any time soon. 

This screengrab was also shared by a parody account with a caption, ""#BreakingNews The rumor being spread against Mr. Chronology's fat brother, we do not confirm it yet (I say you guys should be cautious and careful). This is a corona, anyone can get it." (Translated from Hindi)

In conclusion, the claim that Home Minister Amit Shah has been tested positive for Covid 19 is false. The viral screengrab is also fake and has been created using a website.