A photo is being shared on social media claiming it as a recent picture of Bollywood actress Rakhi Sawant wearing a Hijab and expressing her solidarity towards the ongoing Hijab movement by Muslim students in Karnataka. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Rakhi Sawant wore a Hijab expressing her solidarity towards Muslim students fighting for Hijab in Karnataka.
Fact: The photo shared in the post is an old one. This photo was shot in August 2021 when Rakhi Sawant arrived in Hijab at a Gym. This photo has nothing to do with the ongoing Hijab row. Hence, the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
On reverse image search of the photo shared in the post, a video with similar visuals of Rakhi Sawant in Hijab was found published on the ‘The Times of India’ website on 31 August 2021. The description of the video stated it as the visuals of Rakhi Sawant arriving in Hijab at a gym.
When we searched with relevant keywords, we found several videos reporting this news of Rakhi Sawant arriving in Hijab at her gym. They can be seen here, here, and here. While interacting with media on her attire, Rakhi Sawant said that the hijab was gifted by one of her friends and said she was wearing gym attire underneath the hijab.
To sum it up, an old image of Rakhi Sawant arriving in Hijab at a gym is being linked to the ongoing Hijab row
