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Photos Of Former J&K CM's And Politicians Bungalows? A FactCheck

BOOM found that three of the four photos were of a hotel in Srinagar named The LaLiT Grand Palace.

By - Anmol Alphonso | 21 Aug 2019 1:35 PM GMT

Several photos are being shared with the misleading claim that they are bungalows of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minster's - Omar Abdullah, Farook Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti and politician Gulam Nabi Azad.

The tweet read, "Have a look at the Bungalows of Gulam Nabi Azad Omar Abdullah Farook Abdullah Mehbooba Mufti. These are Government houses & maintained by the Government too at the cost of public money.
U shall soon come to know why such people are opposing removal of Artical 370 & 35A."

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We ran a reverse image search using Google and found that three of the four photographs were of a hotel named The LaLiT Grand Palace in Srinagar, Jammu And Kashmir.

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The first image of a young girl in a yellow jacket standing outside is from January 25, 2009 of a hotel named The LaLiT Grand Palace posted on Trip Advisor which is a travel website.

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The second image is indeed of Omar Abdullah walking towards his residence. The reverse image search results showed that the image was used in a 2014 India TV article.

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We also found a similar image dated September 26, 2013 from The Indian Express archives with the caption, "Omar Abdullah walking towards media at his Gupkar residence in Srinagar." 

The Indian Express photo

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The third image is also from The LaLiT Grand Palace posted on Trip Advisor which is a travel booking website.

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One can spot the same lawn and building in the YouTube video uploaded on September 4, 2018, with the caption, "The Lalit Grand Palace Srinagar".

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The fourth image is also taken from The LaLiT Grand Palace posted on Trip Advisor.

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Additionally we found the same spot at 0.34 seconds in this video uploaded on YouTube with the caption, 'Lalit Thre Grand Palace Srinagar'

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Both the former CM's Abdullah and Mufti have been detained since Article 370 was repealed.