A picture of a news clipping is going viral on social media with a claim that an IAS officer in Chhattisgarh was photographed resting his foot on a hospital bed while talking to patients.
The picture of the report is being shared with the text, ” मैं झुकेगा नहीं साला.. ये है मरीजों से मिलने का तरीका, छत्तीसगढ़ के IAS अफसर का..”
(English Translation: I won’t bow down…This is the way of meeting patients, IAS officer of Chhattisgarh)
Here’s the link to the above post.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above post and found it to be misleading.
On putting the picture through Reverse Image Seach, we found that the same picture went viral in May 2016 when IAS officer Jagdish Sonkar went on his routine visit to a government hospital in the Balrampur district of Chhattisgarh.
The picture was first shared on Twitter by a user Bharati Chaturvedi on May 4, 2016. She shared the image with the text, “Dear Jagdish Sonkar, IAS 2013 batch, SDM somewhere in Chattisgarh: Be respectful. And don’t repeat this again.”
Dear Jagdish Sonkar, IAS 2013 batch, SDM somewhere in Chattisgarh : Be respectful. And don’t repeat this again. pic.twitter.com/3d11qVQiiB
— Bharati Chaturvedi (@Bharati09) May 4, 2016
IAS Association’s confirmed the identity of the IAS officer on their verified Twitter handle. “The picture of Jagdish Sonkar SDM in Chattisgarh inspecting CHC is shocking and it’s unacceptable,” they posted once the picture went viral.
The picture of Jagdish Sonkar SDM in Chattisgarh inspecting CHC is shocking and it’s unacceptable
— IAS Association (@IASassociation) May 4, 2016
NewsMobile also debunked the same image back in 2019 when it was shared with a claim that he is a junior doctor.
https://newsmobile.in/articles/2019/06/19/fact-checked-man-resting-his-foot-on-a-hospital-bed-in-the-viral-picture-is-not-a-junior-doctor/
Hence, the above information proves that the viral image is old.
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