Airports Authority of India clarifies viral signboard was morphed

After the clarification, Shabana Azmi, too, has deleted the photo.

A day after reports surfaced of a photo at Chennai airport with the signboard reading, 'Eating carpet strictly prohibited', the Airpports Authority of India has issued a clarification saying that the image is morphed. 

"Important Announcement from #AAI Since 2015, this morphed image shown has been doing rounds time and again. Requesting everyone not to circulate any such photographs without proper fact-checking," the tweet read.

Important Announcement from #AAI Since 2015, this morphed image shown has been doing rounds time and again. Requesting everyone not to circulate any such photographs without proper fact-checking. pic.twitter.com/TCvvqW250o

— Airports Authority of India (@AAI_Official) 1 November 2019

After the clarification, Shabana Azmi has deleted the photo that she had shared. 

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