A picture and post related to India’s legendary hockey player Balbir Singh Sr has gone viral on social media. The post claims that Balbir Singh Sr is no more.
The post is being shared on Facebook with a caption that reads, “अगर कोई भडवा(अभिनेता) या मोदी सुपोर्टर गया होता तो मीडिया रो रही होती राजनेताओं की आत्मा बाहर आ जाती और भारत की जनता रोड पर आ जाती इतनी गुलामी है अब इससे बड़ी नपुंसकता क्या हो सकती है। अपनी हॉकी स्टिक के साथ विदा हुए भारत के महान हॉकी खिलाड़ी श्री बलबीर सिंह सीनियर… भारत को तीन ओलंपिक स्वर्ण पदक जिताने में अहम योगदान दिया था.. वहीं 1952 हेलसिंकी ओलंपिक फ़ाइनल में नीदरलैंड के ख़िलाफ़ इनका 5 गोल का रिकॉर्ड आज तक कोई नहीं तोड़ सका है…नमन है”
(Translation: If any pimp (actor) or Modi supporter had gone, the media would have been crying, the souls of politicians would have come out and the people of India would have come on the roads. There is so much slavery, now what can be bigger impotence than this. India’s great hockey player, Mr Balbir Singh Sr. who had contributed to winning three Olympic gold medals for India, left with his hockey stick. Till date, no one has broken his record of 5 goals against the Netherlands in the 1952 Helsinki Olympic final)
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FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the viral claim and found it to be MISLEADING.
We did a reverse image search and found many similar results from this picture on the Internet. We found this viral picture in a report published on May 25, 2020. In this news report, a collage of two photographs has been put, including a viral photo.
The report stated that the legendary hockey player Balbir Singh Sr died at the age of 96 while battling multiple health problems.
We also found this picture in some social media posts dated May 2020. This photo can also be seen in one such tweet dated May 26, 2020.
We tried to gather more information about Balbir Singh Sr’s demise. We found a report by The Hindu dated May 25, 2020. According to the report, Balbir Singh Sr died in Mohali.
Thus, the viral claim about Balbir Singh Sr’s recent death is misleading. He passed away in May 2020. It is being shared on social media as recent.
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