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  • A photo showing a monk or sadhu being apprehended by the police at the Maha Kumbh Mela is going viral on social media. The claim also states that he is a terrorist named Ayub Khan who "disguised" himself as a priest. What we found: At first, we ran a keyword search and found news reports about a man named Ayub Ali, who was apprehended by the police at the Kumbh Mela. According to a report by the Hindustan Times, police reportedly initiated an investigation into the reasons for a suspicious individual's presence at the Dugdeshwarnath Ashram camp situated in the Mahakumbh Mela region. The adherents of Mahant Narasimhanand Giri apprehended the man who allegedly deceived others by stating that his name was Ayush. He later disclosed that his name was Ayub Ali. Mahant Narasimhanand Giri previously stated that a crowd attacked the Dasna temple a few months back, and threats against the temple had occurred since that time. However, the image was not the same as the viral photo. We contacted Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rajesh Dwivedi who confirmed to The Quint that the claim was false and no "millitant" named Ayub Khan, disguised as a monk at Kumbh Mela was arrested. We, then, noticed the image closely and found some discrepancies. The hand holding the monk looked strange and the boat carrying people in the background is completely blurred. These hinted at the image being created using AI. So we ran the image on AI-detection platforms such as Hive Moderation, WasItAI and Sightengine. Following are the results. Hive Moderation concluded that the image was 99.4% created using AI. WasItAI stated that it was confident that the image was AI while, Sightengine called it "likely AI" at 67%. Swipe to see the results. Here is the results by WasItAI. (Source: WasItAI/Screenshot) Conclusion: An AI-generated image has gone viral to make the false communal claim that a Muslim man dressed as a monk was arrested from Kumbh mela by the police. (Not convinced of a post or information you came across online and want it verified? Send us the details on , or e-mail it to us at and we'll fact-check it for you. You can also read all our fact-checked stories .) (At The Quint, we question everything. Play an active role in shaping our journalism by becoming a member today.)
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