This photoshopped image of a HT report on J&K’s new domicile law is a fake

Fake news alert: A fake screenshot of a HT report has been circulating in social media

A fake screenshot of a Hindustan Times news report on the Centre’s new domicile rules for Jammu and Kashmir is being circulated on social media.

A digitally-altered image has been circulating in social media groups that changed the text of a HT news report on new domicile law in Jammu and Kashmir

The miscreant had superimposed provocative text on the headline and the content of the news report to create the fake news. This is the link to the news report by HT.

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah tweeted about the fake screenshot, pointing that it was being circulated in Kashmir.

“There is a screen shot, purportedly of today’s @htTweets, doing the rounds in Kashmir at the moment. The poor English used in the “article” should be enough of an indicator that this is a badly made photoshop job by some IT cell somewhere. #FakeNewsAlert,” Abdullah tweeted.

Fake news has been a challenge to counter in Kashmir and the rest of the country.