An old image of Justin Trudeau visiting a Gurudwara for the Diwali celebration in 2015 is being falsely shared to show him protesting against the farmers' protest in India.
An image of a Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan holding a sword while standing next to members of the Sikh community going viral on social media platforms claiming that the actor has extended his support to the ongoing farmers' protest.
The caption shared with the image takes a dig at actor Kangana Ranaut and her past relationship with Roshan. A Facebook user named Anjali Singh shared the image with a caption in Hindi that can be roughly translated to, 'Kangana Ranaut's ex-lover extends support to farmers protest'.
At the time of writing this article, this post has recieved almost 400 reshares.
Several other users on Facebook are sharing this image with the same claim.
The image is also doing rounds on Twitter.
In our investigation, we found this claim to be false. The viral image dates back to January 2018, when Hrithik Roshan became a part of the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh.
With the help of a reverse image search, we found a video uploaded on a YouTube channel on January 6, 2018, showing the same visuals. The video uploaded on the verified YouTube page Bollywood Spy shows Hrithik Roshan along with his father Rakesh Roshan attending an event. The title of the video reads 'Hrithik Roshan ATTENDS Celebrations Of Guru Gobind Singh Birth Anniversary'.
We also the viral image shared by a Twitter user along with some other images of the event on January 8.
In conclusion, an old unrelated image of Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan is being falsely shared to show that he extended his support to the ongoing farmers' protest in the country.
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