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False claim: AI image claims Shah Rukh Khan donated ₹25 crore for Babri Mosque.

The historic Babri Mosque in Ayodhya, India, was demolished on December 6, 1992. Last year, a massive Ram Mandir was constructed at the same site, which has been a subject of significant political discussion and criticism in the country. Amidst this, Humayun Kabir, an MLA recently expelled from the Trinamool Congress (TMC), took the initiative to build a mosque in Murshidabad, West Bengal, modeled after the Ayodhya Babri Mosque. As part of this initiative, the foundation stone of the mosque was laid on December 6. Reports indicate that a large amount of financial aid has started arriving from both home and abroad for the mosque’s construction, and it is even heard that individuals from Bangladesh are interested in sending financial help. In this context, a claim has been circulated on social media asserting that Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has personally donated 25 crore rupees for the Babri Mosque.

See Facebook posts making this claim here, here, here, and here.

See Instagram posts with the same claim here, here, and here.

Additionally, see the post circulated on the social media platform Threads here (Archive).

See YouTube Shorts making similar claims here, here, and here.

Fact-check

Rumor Scanner’s investigation reveals that Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan did not donate 25 crore rupees for the construction of the Babri Mosque in Murshidabad. The image circulated with the claim is not real; rather, it was created using Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology.

In investigating the claim, no information was found in Indian media or any reliable source regarding a donation of 25 crore rupees by Shah Rukh Khan for the proposed Babri Mosque in Murshidabad.

Furthermore, a close analysis of the circulated image shows Shah Rukh Khan holding a symbolic bank check.The date on the check is mentioned as September 05, 2024. Additionally, multiple spelling errors were observed on the check.

Additionally, no information regarding such a donation by Shah Rukh Khan was found on the Facebook page of the mosque’s organizer, Humayun Kabir.

Slight differences were also noticed between Shah Rukh Khan’s facial features in the viral photo and his actual appearance. Due to these multiple inconsistencies, it is concluded that the circulated image was generated using AI technology.

To verify this, the image was tested on the AI content detection platform Hive Detect, which showed a 92.9% probability of being AI-generated.

Therefore, an AI-generated image is being circulated with the claim that Shah Rukh Khan donated 25 crore rupees for the Babri Mosque to be built in Murshidabad; which is false.

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