An image has gone viral on social media in which former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar can be seen carrying mortal remains of someone. The image is being shared with a claim that he carried mortal remains of social activist Sindhutai Sapkal.
Social activist Sindhutai Sapkal passed away on January 5, 2022, due to cardiac arrest at a hospital in Pune.
The image is being shared with a text embedded on it that reads, “मला एक गोष्ट समजली…पुरस्कार महत्वाचा नसून कर्तृत्त्व महत्वाचं असतं…कारण एका पद्मश्रीला भारतरत्नाने खांदा दिला.”
(English translation: One thing I understand today is that awards are not important but duty is important because today a Padmashree was given a shoulder by Bharatratna.)
The link to the post can be seen here.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile did a fact-check and found the claim to be false.
On doing a Google Reverse Image Search we found the same image was published by The Indian Express on January 3, 2019, with a caption: “Sachin Tendulkar at coach Ramakant Achrekar’s cremation.”
We found that News 18 had also uploaded the image with the caption that read, “Renowned cricket coach Ramakant Achrekar, who died due to age-related ailments, was cremated on Thursday with his most famous ward Sachin Tendulkar in attendance for a tearful adieu.”
India Today had also uploaded a video of the incident. The report associated with the video read, “Renowned cricket coach Ramakant Achrekar, who died due to age-related ailments, was cremated in Mumbai on Thursday with his most famous ward Sachin Tendulkar in attendance for a tearful adieu.”
Thus, it is clear that Sachin Tendulkar’s photograph is being shared with a false claim.
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