NEW DELHI: While the photo disappeared from the internet, Twitter users quickly set about creating their own altered images of Mr Modi's visit to
Tamil Nadu.
An image of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi visiting floods in
Chennai has gone viral after social media users claimed it was photoshopped.
India's media agency the Press Information Bureau tweeted the photo showing Mr Modi surveying the situation from a helicopter and looking out onto a remarkably clear view of submerged streets.
Except another photo, posted from Mr Modi's personal Twitter account, showed him in the same position but looking out onto a very different view of
Chennai in the distance.
Twitter users were quick to question the authenticity of the photo, noting that it looked as though the scene outside his window had been superimposed.
They also questioned why PIB might have photoshopped the image given that Mr Modi had actually visited the area.
An embarrassed PIB later deleted the photo although it has not yet commented on the alleged blunder.
While the photo disappeared from the internet, Twitter users quickly set about creating their own altered images of Mr Modi's visit to
Tamil Nadu (Mirror.co).