Fact Check: Viral Photo Of Severely Inked Finger Is Not From Delhi Election; Here's The Truth Behind X User's 'Random' Post

Posting pictures of your voter's ink on social media has become a trend these days. You see a lot of people clicking photos of their inked finger and sharing them online after exercising their right to vote, but of them all, this image draw your attention. Unlike most people who get inked with a short line on their index fingers, the viral photo showed half of the voter's finger filled with ink. It instantly amused netizens.

An X user named Ansh shared the image online. The post went viral and netizens assumed it was Ansh's finger which voted got severely inked during the recent Delhi elections. But that is not the truth.

"Just a joke with random picture"

Well, most news media outlets reported it was the Delhi man might have dipped his finger in the ink or the ink might have accidentally spread on a larger surface. However, Ansh appeared to be clarify that it was just a random photo and not associated with him or the recent elections in the national capital.

When someone asked whether it was his own finger which was soaked in ink, he replied saying, "Naah bhai, it's just a joke with random picture".

Not India, but could be Malaysia

Meanwhile, a basic google search done on the image suggests the photo has originated from not Delhi, but Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. Several social media posts suggested people in this country inked the entire top portion of their finger after casting their vote.

Ansh simply uploaded an image of the inked finger for fun. He captioned it "Tehelka voting" while sharing it on the internet.

The photo showed the finger almost covered in the voter's ink. Instead of a little line running on the nail and back of one's finger, half of the voter's finger was coated in purple ink.

Netizens react

His post has received more than one million views and over one hundred comments.

X users couldn't stop themselves from reacting to Ansh's post featuring the inked finger. They shared a series of hilarious comments wondering whether the voter dipped his finger into the ink bottle or cast his vote for the next 50-100 years.