A few days ago, a video went viral on social media platforms that showed a tattoo artist painting a tattoo on the breast of a girl, the video was shared with a false claim that the girl was a Hindu and the tattoo artist was a Muslim who wrote his name ‘Aadil’ on her chest. The claim also implied that the girl was dishonouring her religion and culture by exposing her chest to a Muslim man. The video with the misleading claim was uploaded by an X user @GrameenComrades.
The Truth Behind The Video
However, the claim was misleading and baseless. The tattoo artist in the video was not a Muslim, but a Hindu named Mahesh Chavan. He runs a tattoo studio in Mumbai called The Mustache Tattoo. He uploaded the video on his Instagram page @themustache_tattoo on October 7, 2023, with the caption “Kaisa laga mam ka tattoo”. He also mentioned earlier that he had taken the consent of the girl before making the tattoo and that he had blurred her face to protect her privacy.
We also searched for the identity of the girl in the video, but we could not find any credible information about her. Her face was blurred in the video and there was no other way to verify her name or religion. Therefore, there is no evidence to support the claim that she was a Hindu or that she had any relation with Mahesh Chavan.
Conclusion
The video of a tattoo artist painting a tattoo on the breast of a girl was shared with a false and communal claim that the girl was a Hindu and the tattoo artist was a Muslim who wrote his name ‘Aadil’ on her chest. Users are circulating unverified videos with false claims to set their propaganda based on religion. The truth is that the tattoo artist was a Hindu named Mahesh Chavan who had made the tattoo for a client who wanted to surprise her boyfriend named Aadil. There is no evidence of the girl being a Hindu or having any relation with Mahesh Chavan. Following a precise analysis and fact-checking, our team has reviewed the claim. You can refer to the findings of this inquiry in the Twitter thread below.
Claim: A Hindu girl showed her chest to a Muslim tattoo artist to paint the tattoo ‘Aadil’ on her breast.
Fact: The tattoo artist was a Hindu named Mahesh Chavan who made the tattoo for a client who wanted to surprise her boyfriend named Aadil. There is no evidence of the girl being a Hindu or having any relation with Mahesh Chavan.
