Fact Check: Viral Picture of Woman Breastfeeding Baby Through Fence Shared With Fake Claim That It is From Detention Centre in Uttar Pradesh, Here’s the Truth

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi denied any detention centres in the country, a picture of a woman breastfeeding a baby through the fence is going viral on social media, especially on Twitter, Facebook and Whatsapp. The post is shared with a claim that the picture is from a detention centre in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi where a woman is held for opposing National Register of Citizens (NRC). Did Anti-CAA Protesters Burn Pics of Hindu Gods? Fact Check Shows That BJP's Sambit Patra Fell For Fake News.

Several Twitterati shared a picture of a woman breastfeeding her child. A caption from one of the post read: “A mother is held inside the detention centre in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency Varanasi and she is jailed for opposing NRC. Her little kid is outside while she is held inside.”

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The same pic was shared by a Facebook user who said that the woman was held for opposing the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and NRC. The user also shared a selfie of a couple with their infant.

The reverse search of the image found its origin. The image was first shared on the internet in 2013. Hence, it cannot be from Anti-CAA protests. The viral image was posted by a blog called controappuntoblog.org on January 13, 2013. According to the blog, the image is from Argentina.

With the traces of image back from 2013, it can be concluded that the picture has nothing to do with CAA and NRC protests. Hence, the claim of Anti-NRC protester breastfeeding baby through the fence is false.

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Jan 07, 2020 04:09 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).