Image Of Deepika Padukone In Solidarity With Farmers Protest Is Morphed

An image of actor Deepika Padukone wearing a black top displaying a solidarity message towards the ongoing farmers' protest is morphed. BOOM found that the image has been doctored to include the text "I Stand with Indian farmers" on the top that the actor is wearing.

Several netizens have fallen for the morphed image which misleadingly claims that Padukone extended her support to the farmers' agitation against the newly adapted Farm and Agriculture Reform Bills in several states, as she reached the NCB office for questioning.

Actors and talent managers from the film and TV industry have been questioned by the Narcotics Control Bureau about their connection to an alleged drugs nexus in Bollywood. Deepika Padukone was questioned on September 26 by the NCB after Whatsapp conversations came to light alleging that she was the admin of a group where drugs were discussed, with her manager Karishma Prakash. Other actors including Sara Ali Khan, Shraddha Kapoor and Rakul Preet Singh have also been questioned last week.

The image is being shared on Facebook with captions in Bengali which read, "She is the actual queen of Jhansi, she is there with the farmers amidst hundreds of obstacles, rather calling them terrorists, Salute Maam."