Morphed Image Viral As Mamata Banerjee Faking Injury

The image shows Trinamool Congrees party members Abhishek Banerjee and Firhad Hakim among others standing behind the wheelchair, as the TMC supremo is captured in motion. BOOM found that the original image, where Banerjee is seated on a wheelchair, has been edited to include a cutout of Banerjee walking. The same was taken when Banerjee was released from the SSKM hospital after being treated for a foot injury.

The image has been doing the rounds with narratives that call out Banerjee for faking an injury ahead of elections.

Mamata Banerjee, who injured a foot on March 10 in Nandigram, had initially alleged that she was pushed by a few men when the car door was slammed shut on her leg. She had also said that there were no police personnel around her at the time. Referring to the injury the next day, Banerjee however did not term it an attack. In a latest development the

Election Commission has suspended the police officer in charge Pravin Prakash, and transferred District Magistrate Vibhu Goyal to a non-election post citing a major security lapse. She was also photographed leading a march to commemorate Nandigram Divas on March 14 in Kolkata, the first appearance post the injury.

The image has been captioned on Facebook as, "How much are going to act respected?? You are coming in front of ordinary people wearing a bandage and when you are near your residence at Kalighat, then you you are coming out of your car without a wheelchair. People are not that stupid, respect!"