The whole country is saddened by the news of 20 Indian soldiers getting martyred in a violent clash with the Chinese Army in the Galvan Valley. Meanwhile, a picture of a girl paying homage to Colonel Santosh Babu who was martyred in the clash between Indian and Chinese troops at Galvan Valley in Ladakh. It is being claimed that she is the daughter of Colonel Santosh Babu.

Secretary of ice hockey India Vedank Singh tweeted the viral picture from his verified handle with a caption "Heartbroken as the daughter of martyr Colonel Santosh Babu paid tribute to his father. The debt of this sacrifice is on every Indian, it is impossible for us to repay it. But remember, some kind of 'economic support' to China is now equivalent to 'treason'. Jai Hind, Jai Hind's army". ( Translated from Hindi ).

The viral post received 959 likes and 204 retweets at the time of writing this article. 

Media Advisor to Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Amar Prasad Reddy also tweeted the same picture using the caption "This heartbreaking image of Col #SantoshBabu's daughter is a reminder of the cost of conflict. China will pay for this".

The viral post received 3900 likes and 247 retweets at the time of writing this article. 

Several media houses also reported the same viral picture as the picture of late Col. Santosh Babu’s daughter paying tribute to his father. The Deccan chronicle published the same viral picture in its article on June 17.

 Dainik Bhasker also published the same viral picture in its article.

Fact Check 

In our investigation, we found that the girl seen in the picture is not the daughter of martyr Colonel Santosh Babu. She is the sister of an activist of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in Karnataka who came to pay tribute to the martyr.

After doing the reverse image search, we found that ABVP Karnataka tweeted this picture from its official Twitter handle on 16th June. There were three more pictures of the girl in the tweet. The tweet reads "Lets pay our homage to Col Santosh Babu,Commanding Officer of 16 Bihar Regiment martyred today in retaliation with china. Tributes by lighting the lamp for the martyred soul by Bengaluru Rural Vibhag".

Quoting this tweet, ABVP Karnataka made another tweet on 17th June and stated that the girl seen in the picture is Kumari Manashree. An event was organized to pay tribute to the martyrs in Nelamangala taluk where this girl also came.

Seeing the picture going viral, the ABVP wrote in another tweet and clarified that he girl in question was not Col Babu’s daughter but the sister of on ABVP worker. The tweet reads, "We noticed some personalities & prominent handles have mistakenly, without any ill-will reported the girl to be daughter of martyr Col Santhosh Babu. We understand their sentiments, but deem it necessary to clarify that the girl is younger sister of an karyakarta."

In conclusion, the girl whose picture is being shared on social media is not the daughter of Colonel Santosh Babubut the sister of an ABVP Karnataka activist.